Definition of spittlenext
as in saliva
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands unaware that spittle was leaking out of his mouth while he slept

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Recent Examples of spittle The mayor nodded and smiled, but also flinched, as though struck by spittle. E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024 Filling the air with spittle as plentiful as the Allied bombs raining down along the English Channel. John Anderson, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023 So your favorite scenes then had to be the ones that hurt — the ones that restored the show’s natural order, one in which the smiles and laughter of the Meal Fit for a King scene curdled like, well, a Meal Fit for a King spiked with Shiv’s spittle. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 May 2023 Seated in the front row, close enough to catch some of Miller’s sweat and spittle, was SEC commissioner Greg Sankey. Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 11 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for spittle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spittle
saliva
Noun
  • The sugar is harmless when eaten directly, but not when exposed via ticks’ saliva.
    Dylan Lovan, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Alpha-gal syndrome occurs when a tick bite triggers an immune reaction to a molecule called galactose-α-1,3-galactose (long for alpha-gal) that’s found in food products like beef, pork, dairy, and, separately, tick saliva.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 2 Sep. 2026

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“Spittle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spittle. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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