- 1[uncountable] the liquid that is produced in your mouth synonym saliva
- 2[countable, usually singular] the act of spitting liquid or food out of your mouth
- 3[countable] a long thin piece of land that sticks out into the ocean, a lake, etc. a shingle spit a remote spit of land on the coast for cooking meat
- 4[countable] a long, thin, straight piece of metal that you put through meat to hold and turn it while you cook it over a fire chickens roasting on a spit Idioms
in/from mouth
thorough cleaning and polishing of something
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