"spit up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: spits up [present, singular, third-person], spitting up [participle, present], spat up [participle, past], spat up [past], spit up [participle, past], spit up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|spit<,,spat> up|past2=spit up|past_ptc2=spit up}} spit up (third-person singular simple present spits up, present participle spitting up, simple past and past participle spat up or spit up)
  1. (transitive and intransitive, especially of children) To regurgitate or vomit. Tags: especially, intransitive, transitive Related terms: spit-up [noun]
    Sense id: en-spit_up-en-verb-vKVE1ZxO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for spit up meaning in English (1.8kB)

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    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      "name": "en-verb"
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        {
          "text": "The baby spat up her breakfast."
        },
        {
          "text": "Don't show the dead bird to him; he'll just spit up."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1968, Robert Webster Watson, Why Not Have Your Second Baby First?, page 46",
          "text": "Usually baby doesn't need to be burped if (1) he consistently takes his usual amount of formula, gradually increasing his capacity as the weeks go by and (2) if he hasn't spit up when put down unburped after most feedings.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To regurgitate or vomit."
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        ]
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        "(transitive and intransitive, especially of children) To regurgitate or vomit."
      ],
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          "tags": [
            "noun"
          ],
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      "tags": [
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        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spit up"
}
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      "form": "spits up",
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    },
    {
      "form": "spitting up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spat up",
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    {
      "form": "spat up",
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    },
    {
      "form": "spit up",
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    },
    {
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "text": "The baby spat up her breakfast."
        },
        {
          "text": "Don't show the dead bird to him; he'll just spit up."
        },
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          "text": "Usually baby doesn't need to be burped if (1) he consistently takes his usual amount of formula, gradually increasing his capacity as the weeks go by and (2) if he hasn't spit up when put down unburped after most feedings.",
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        "To regurgitate or vomit."
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        "(transitive and intransitive, especially of children) To regurgitate or vomit."
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