spit

spit
spit [spɪt]
(verb: preterite, past participle spat)
1. noun
   a. ( = spittle) crachat m ; ( = saliva) salive f
   b. (for meat) broche f
   c. (Geography) langue f (de terre)
2. transitive verb
cracher
3. intransitive verb
cracher (at sb sur qn ) ; [fire] crépiter
• it was spitting (British) il tombait quelques gouttes de pluie
► spit out separable transitive verb
[+ pip, pill] recracher
• spit it out! (inf) accouche ! (inf !)
* * *
[spɪt] 1.
noun
1) (saliva) (in mouth) salive f; (on ground) crachat m

to give a spit — cracher

2) Culinary broche f

rotating spit — tournebroche m

3) (of land) pointe f
2.
transitive verb (p prés -tt-; prét, pp spat)
1) lit [person, volcano] cracher; [pan] projeter [oil]
2) fig proférer [oath, venom]
3.
intransitive verb (p prés -tt-; prét, pp spat)
1) lit [cat, person] cracher (at, on sur; into dans; out of de)

to spit in somebody's face — lit, fig cracher à la figure de quelqu'un

2) (be angry)

to spit with — écumer de [rage, anger]

3) (crackle) [oil, sausage] grésiller; [logs, fire] crépiter
4.
impersonal verb (p prés -tt-; prét, pp spat)

it's spitting (with rain) — il bruine

Phrasal Verbs:
••

spit and polish — huile f de coude

to be the (dead) spit of somebody — être le portrait tout craché de quelqu'un


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