spitter

English

Etymology 1

From spit (“rod; skewer”) +‎ -er.

Alternative forms
  • spittard

Noun

spitter (plural spitters)

  1. One who puts meat on a spit.
  2. A young deer whose antlers are beginning to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket.
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Etymology 2

From spit (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

spitter (plural spitters)

  1. One who spits.
    • 2009, David T. Wong, Salivary Diagnostics, page 107:
      After the SARS outbreak in 2003, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan launched campaigns to discourage public spitting by issuing fines to public spitters.
  2. (baseball) A spitball.
  3. (herpetology, slang) A spitting cobra.
Derived terms
Translations
baseball sense — see spitball

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