Related Words for spitting distance

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spit
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Verb, Verb
piece
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Noun
whisker
/x
Noun
spittle
/x
Noun
hair
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Noun
near thing
//
Phrase, Noun
pitch
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Noun
spurt
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Noun
snatch
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Noun
spattering
/xx
Noun
sound
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Noun
jiffy
/x
Noun
thought
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Noun
snapping
/x
Verb
stitch
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Noun
footstep
/x
Noun
sparring
/x
Noun
pinpoint
/x
Noun
flicker
/x
Noun
snipe
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Noun
sniff
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Noun
squeeze
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Noun
huckleberry
/xxx
Noun
touch
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Noun
smack
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Noun
dash
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Noun
scud
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Noun
spate
/
Noun
skirmish
/x
Noun
short
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Adjective
shooing
/x
Verb
spot
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Noun
jeering
/x
Verb
spewing
/x
Verb
squirt
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Noun
slash
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Noun
slanging match
/x/
Phrase, Noun
repartee
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Noun
precipice
/xx
Noun
mile
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Noun
spark
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Noun
trimming
/x
Verb
scat
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Noun
wink
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Noun
heartbeat
/x
Noun
twinkle
/x
Noun
swipe
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Noun
tick
/
Noun
stride
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Noun
sliver
/x
Noun
snapshot
/x
Noun
fistful
/x
Noun
bicker
/x
Noun
dropping
/x
Verb
squint
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Noun
mouthful
/x
Noun
splattering
/xx
Noun
gape
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Noun
smiting
xx
Noun
breath
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Noun
squeak
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Noun
grapple
/x
Verb
spell
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Noun
butting
/x
Verb
kick
/
Noun
sprinkling
/x
Noun
scuttle
/x
Verb
scatter
/x
Noun
scotch
/
Noun
skit
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Noun
flash
/
Noun
sperling
/x
Name
rush
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Noun
banter
/x
Noun
stick
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Noun
squabbling
/xx
Noun
brush
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Noun
breath of fresh air
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Phrase, Noun
zing
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Noun
crowd
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Noun
jousting
/x
Noun
biting
/x
Adjective
abyss
x/
Noun
accursed
x/
Adjective
afar
x/
Adverb, Noun
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
alienate
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
alienation
xxx/x
Noun
aloofness
x/x
Noun
altitude
/xx
Noun
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
apart
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
arm
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
bay
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
beating
/x
Noun
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
bloodthirsty
/xx
Adjective
bottomed
/x
Adjective
bouncing
/x
Noun, Adjective
brazen
/x
Adjective, Verb
breadth
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Noun
bubbling
/xx
Noun
buffer
/x
Noun, Verb
calibre
/xx
Noun
chasm
/x
Noun
clearance
/x
Noun
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
cobra
/x
Noun
commander
x/x
Noun
contention
x/x
Noun
cornered
/x
Adjective
correspondence
xx/x
Noun
cough
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Noun, Verb
course
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
cursing
/x
Noun
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
deportation
xx/x
Noun
depth
/
Noun
deviation
xx/x
Noun
devouring
x/xx
Noun
diameter
x/xx
Noun
difference
/xx
Noun, Verb
dimension
x/x
Noun, Verb
disassociate
xx/xx
Verb
discrepancy
x/xx
Noun
disengagement
xx/x
Noun
disparity
x/xx
Noun
distanced
/x
Verb
distant
/x
Adjective
distributed
x/xx
Adjective
ditch
/
Noun, Verb
divide
x/
Verb, Noun
drinking
/x
Noun
drunkenness
/xx
Noun
duration
//x
Noun
eating
/x
Noun, Adjective
effervescence
xx/x
Noun
ejecting
x/x
Verb
elevation
xx/x
Noun
estrange
x/
Verb
evaluation
xxx/x
Noun
expulsion
x/x
Noun
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
far
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fearsome
/x
Adjective
feet
/
Noun
fiery
/xx
Adjective
fighting
/x
Noun, Adjective
focal length
/x/
Phrase, Noun
gap
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Noun, Verb
gauge
/
Noun, Verb
grumbling
/xx
Noun
gulf
/
Noun, Verb
hammering
/xx
Noun
hateful
/x
Adjective
haul
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Verb, Noun
height
/
Noun
hissing
/x
Noun, Adjective
hop
/
Noun, Verb
horizon
x/x
Noun
horned
/
Adjective
hour
/x
Noun
hunger
/x
Noun, Verb
inbound
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
indefinite
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
intercity
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
intercontinental
xxxx/x
Adjective
intermodal
xx/x
Adjective
interregional
xx/xx
Adjective
interstate
xx/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
interurban
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
interval
/xx
Noun
intrastate
xx/
Adjective, Noun
isolation
xx/x
Noun
jostling
/xx
Noun
journey
/x
Noun, Verb
leap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
length
/
Noun, Verb
litter
/x
Noun, Verb
location
x/x
Noun
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
mache
/
Noun
magnification
xxx/x
Noun
magnitude
/xx
Noun
mainframe
/x
Noun
measure
/x
Noun, Verb
measurement
/xx
Noun
mileage
/x
Noun
minute
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
monstrous
/x
Adjective
nearness
/x
Noun
number
/x
Noun, Verb
ouster
/x
Noun, Verb
outbound
/x
Adjective, Noun
outstrip
x/
Verb
path
/
Noun, Verb
periphery
x/xx
Noun
picture
/x
Noun, Verb
popping
/x
Noun
portrait
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
portrayal
x/x
Noun
posting
/x
Noun
probe
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Noun, Verb
profile
/x
Noun, Verb
proportion
x/x
Noun, Verb
proximity
x/xx
Noun
puffing
/x
Verb, Noun
quantity
/xx
Noun
quarrelling
/xx
Noun
race
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Noun, Verb
radius
/xx
Noun, Verb
range
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Noun, Verb
ray
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Noun, Verb
remote
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
removal
x/x
Noun
remove
x/
Verb, Noun
restraining
x/x
Noun
ringer
/x
Noun
rioting
/xx
Noun
road
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Noun, Adjective
route
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Noun, Verb
run
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
runner
/x
Noun
scolding
/x
Noun
sea
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Noun
seam
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Noun, Verb
segregation
xx/x
Noun
separation
xx/x
Noun
separator
/xxx
Noun
shipping
/x
Noun
shooting
/x
Noun, Adjective
sidewalk
/x
Noun
size
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Noun, Verb
sketch
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
soulless
/x
Adjective
space
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Noun, Verb
span
/
Noun, Verb
splashing
/x
Noun
splitter
/x
Noun
splitting
/x
Noun, Adjective
standoff
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stretch
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Noun, Verb