SPIT OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spit out mean? 

• SPIT OUT (verb)
  The verb SPIT OUT has 3 senses:

1. spit up in an explosive manner

2. utter with anger or contempt

3. discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth

  Familiarity information: SPIT OUT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPIT OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spit up in an explosive manner

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

spit out; splutter; sputter

Hypernyms (to "spit out" is one way to...):

cough out; cough up; expectorate; spit out; spit up (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter with anger or contempt

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

spit; spit out

Hypernyms (to "spit out" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

cough out; cough up; expectorate; spit out; spit up

Hypernyms (to "spit out" is one way to...):

discharge; eject; exhaust; expel; release (eliminate (a substance))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "spit out"):

cough (exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion)

ptyalise; ptyalize; spew; spit; spue (expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth)

spit out; splutter; sputter (spit up in an explosive manner)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

They are in turn thought to be driven by the presence of supermassive black holes, which drag surrounding material inwards and spit out bright jets and radiation as they do so.

(Hubble's Megamaser Galaxy, ESA/NASA)

Does the white man like tobacco? I do not know. But if he likes tobacco, why does he spit out its value and lose it in the snow? It is a great foolishness and without understanding.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"Makin' free to spit out what's in me," Matt said one day, "I beg to state that you was a wise guy all right when you paid the price you did for that dog. You clean swindled Beauty Smith on top of pushin' his face in with your fist."

(White Fang, by Jack London)