"spittle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspɪ.t(ə)l/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spittle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spittles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtəl Etymology: Alteration of dialectal spattle (by association with spit (noun)), from Old English spātl, which is related to spǣtan (whence spit (verb)). Etymology templates: {{m|en|spattle}} spattle, {{m|en|spit#Etymology_2|pos=noun}} spit (noun), {{inh|en|ang|spātl}} Old English spātl, {{m|ang|spǣtan}} spǣtan, {{m|en|spit#Etymology_2|pos=verb}} spit (verb) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} spittle (countable and uncountable, plural spittles)
  1. Spit, usually frothy and of a milky coloration. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (spit, usually frothy): 𐕉𐕒𐕡𐕢𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (ćupesun) (Aghwan), σίαλον (síalon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), плюнка (pljunka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), храчка (hračka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), escopinada [feminine] (Catalan), 吐沫 (tùmo) (Chinese Mandarin), crachat [masculine] (French), postillon (english: droplets) [masculine] (French), cuspidela [feminine] (Galician), cuspidura [feminine] (Galician), cuspiñada [feminine] (Galician), cuspiñazo [masculine] (Galician), lapo [masculine] (Galician), Spucke [feminine] (German), ροχάλα (rochála) (Greek), köpet (Hungarian), nyál (Hungarian), seile [feminine] (Irish), sputo [masculine] (Italian), (alt: つばき, tsubakí, つば, tsuba) (Japanese), idu (Javanese), kecoh (Javanese), (chim) (Korean), spļāviens [masculine] (Latvian), siekalas [feminine, plural] (Latvian), توكوروك (tükürük) (Ottoman Turkish), تف (tof) (Persian), بفچ (bafč) (Persian), Kjwiel [neuter] (Plautdietsch), Spie [masculine] (Plautdietsch), Kwoakjs [masculine] (Plautdietsch), cuspe [masculine] (Portuguese), scuipat (Romanian), слюна́ (sljuná) [feminine] (Russian), плево́к (plevók) [masculine] (Russian), seile [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ronn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), escupida (Spanish), escupitajo (Spanish), lapo [masculine] (Spanish), ꠍꠦꠙ (séfo) (Sylheti), లాలాజలము (lālājalamu) (Telugu), pitke (Tocharian B), слина (slyna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), raetchon [masculine] (Walloon), raetchote [feminine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-spittle-en-noun-gfxXM7PU Disambiguation of 'spit, usually frothy': 62 32 7
  2. Something frothy and white that resembles spit. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-spittle-en-noun-v5XrQFDR
  3. Spit-up or drool of an infant. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bodily fluids
    Sense id: en-spittle-en-noun-FraaaIKk Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 18 16 32 9 20 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fasting spittle, lickspittle, spittly
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈspɪ.t(ə)l/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spittle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spittles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtəl Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} spittle (countable and uncountable, plural spittles)
  1. (now archaic) Alternative form of spital Tags: alt-of, alternative, archaic, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: spital
    Sense id: en-spittle-en-noun-wrcyb938
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈspɪ.t(ə)l/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spittle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spittles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtəl Etymology: Representing a frequentative form of spit (“a spade's depth”), equivalent to spit + -le. Etymology templates: {{m|en|spit#Etymology_3|t=a spade's depth}} spit (“a spade's depth”), {{suf|en|spit#Etymology_3|le}} spit + -le Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} spittle (countable and uncountable, plural spittles)
  1. A small sort of spade. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-spittle-en-noun-iSqJExt7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 12 16 22 41 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 10 27 16 38 6 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 5 13 18 20 34 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 2 10 17 13 46 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈspɪ.t(ə)l/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spittle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spittles [present, singular, third-person], spittling [participle, present], spittled [participle, past], spittled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪtəl Etymology: Representing a frequentative form of spit (“a spade's depth”), equivalent to spit + -le. Etymology templates: {{m|en|spit#Etymology_3|t=a spade's depth}} spit (“a spade's depth”), {{suf|en|spit#Etymology_3|le}} spit + -le Head templates: {{en-verb}} spittle (third-person singular simple present spittles, present participle spittling, simple past and past participle spittled)
  1. To dig or stir with a small spade.
    Sense id: en-spittle-en-verb-1UmEcH73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
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          "english": "droplets",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
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          ],
          "word": "postillon"
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cuspidela"
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Spucke"
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "rochála",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "word": "ροχάλα"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "síalon",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "σίαλον"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "word": "köpet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "word": "nyál"
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "seile"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        },
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          "alt": "つばき, tsubakí, つば, tsuba",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "word": "唾"
        },
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          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "word": "idu"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "word": "kecoh"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chim",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "word": "침"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "spļāviens"
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
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            "plural"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "tükürük",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "word": "توكوروك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tof",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "word": "تف"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bafč",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "word": "بفچ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Kjwiel"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Spie"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kwoakjs"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cuspe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "word": "scuipat"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sljuná",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "слюна́"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "plevók",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "плево́к"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "seile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ronn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "word": "escupida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "word": "escupitajo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lapo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "syl",
          "lang": "Sylheti",
          "roman": "séfo",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "word": "ꠍꠦꠙ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "lālājalamu",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "word": "లాలాజలము"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "word": "pitke"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "slyna",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "слина"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "raetchon"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 32 7",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "spit, usually frothy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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    },
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          "_dis": "18 16 32 9 20 5",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Bodily fluids",
          "orig": "en:Bodily fluids",
          "parents": [
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            "Anatomy",
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            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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        "Spit-up or drool of an infant."
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          "infant",
          "infant"
        ]
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      ]
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      "word": "లాలాజలము"
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  ],
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        "A small sort of spade."
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          "spade"
        ]
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɪ.t(ə)l/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪtəl"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English links with manual fragments",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -le",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪtəl",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪtəl/2 syllables",
    "en:Bodily fluids"
  ],
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        "2": "spit#Etymology_3",
        "t": "a spade's depth"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spit#Etymology_3",
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      "expansion": "spit + -le",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "spittles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spittling",
      "tags": [
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spittled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spittled",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To dig or stir with a small spade."
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɪ.t(ə)l/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪtəl"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
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}

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