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(Entry 1 of 3)
- at the northeast end of the island is a long spit whose terminal is crowned by a towering lighthouse
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noun (2)Synonyms & Antonyms of spit (Entry 2 of 3)
- the spit and image of his father
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- alter ego,
- carbon,
- carbon copy,
- clone,
- counterpart,
- doppelgänger
- (or doppelganger),
- double,
- duplicate,
- duplication,
- facsimile,
- fetch,
- image,
- likeness,
- look-alike,
- match,
- mirror image,
- picture,
- replica,
- ringer,
- spitting image,
- twin
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Near Antonyms for spit
- so dry that he felt as if he had no spit left in his mouth
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verbSynonyms of spit (Entry 3 of 3)
- according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets
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From the Editors at Merriam-Webster
Where Does 'Spitting Image' Come From?
Where Does 'Spitting Image' Come From?
‘Spitten image’? ‘Spirit and image’? ‘Spit and image’? Oh dear.
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Spit Take
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“Spit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spit. Accessed 13 Jul. 2020.
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The first known use of spit was before the 12th century
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