spits 1 of 3

plural of spit
as in peninsulas
an area of land that juts out into a body of water at the northeast end of the island is a long spit whose terminal is crowned by a towering lighthouse

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spits

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noun (2)

plural of spit

spits

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verb

present tense third-person singular of spit

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Recent Examples of spits
Noun
The spits are tightly packed and constantly rotating, churning out 48 chickens every hour. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026 Denying that their output is propaganda & amplifying their messaging spits in the face of those murdered on Oct 7th & props up the Hamas terror regime that continues to punish its own people. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025 Naked people are collared, bound, prodded, whipped, ridden like horses, roasted over spits. — Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
The great Wiest, clad in leopard print and lipstick, slurs and spits her lines. — Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026 Broadwick’s pink front door spits you out slap-bang in the middle of it all like a tongue. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026 The result is an illusion of depth that ultimately spits out the exact same generic, corner-cutting structure. — New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026 The verifier performs some calculations on the outputs of the original AI model, and spits out a high certainty score that this model is GPT-OSS-120B, which is exactly correct. — Billy Perrigo, Time, 17 Aug. 2026 That shift matters because judgment, not technical execution, is becoming what separates a good analyst from a tool that just spits out answers. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 The most forceful argument to this end comes during a sequence in Hades, when Sinon (Elliot Page, giving the film’s best performance) essentially spits on Odysseus’s ethical and narrative framework for the world. — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026 Lowry, in the meantime, would embark on a two-decade career in a league that spits out frauds on the regular. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 July 2026 This week, Tyla gets in her feelings, Tierra Whack spits bars on a spritely beat, and Kelela slows it down on a lover’s lament that dates back to her debut album. — Rolling Stone, 19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spits
Noun
  • For Michigan, the forecast is essentially divided up between the two peninsulas, but the throughline appears to be milder temperatures and below-average snowfall.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Permafrost changes underway in 2026 The Seward and Baldwin peninsulas in northwestern Alaska are hot spots for lakes suddenly draining.
    — Anna Liljedahl, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • But the sight of a man sleeping atop the shelter next to a shopping cart caught the attention of onlookers, some of whom pulled out their phones to take pictures, as first reported by KTLA.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Troublesome Creek, Kentucky, overflowed, destroying pictures of the late 13-year-old boy whom Campbell helped raise — and just about everything else in her home.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But before Bane can finish him off, Batman stabs a Batarang into a little knob on Bane’s wrist gauntlet, the one that controls his intake of Venom.
    — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
  • When Little Death stabs into their victim, there’s a geyser of blood, way more than could fit inside a human body.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The rundown by Coveteur of fall 2026 outerwear trends also flags military jackets, shrunken lapels, capes and silk jackets as looks worth watching.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Coveteur reports other emerging outerwear looks this season include military jackets and shrunken lapels, along with capes and silk jackets.
    — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Gorgoni shot his images in the snow, endowing Shift with a stark graphic identity devoid of human occupancy.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In March, the company debuted Luma Agents, which can execute creative work across text, images, video, and audio on behalf of studios, marketing teams, and agencies.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Christmas tree pins have a tiered configuration that compresses rather than pierces the ground (a win for modern synthetic or Mondo tracks).
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • An ice sculpture of a heart includes a tube through the ice arrow that pierces the heart.
    — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost almost 350 points, while the Nasdaq Composite shed nearly 1%.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • After the 49ers scored a fourth-quarter touchdown to take the lead, Chenal blocked the extra point attempt and kept the Chiefs’ deficit at three points (16-13).
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • That her means of exit is abandoning her newborn twins is less than sympathetic, but in a different era Cathy would have options beyond a domesticity that never suited her in the first place.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The Trask twins have grown up with the lie that their mother died, and while Cal hides his wounds from that absence, Aron doesn’t.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Spits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spits. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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