spitter

¹

[spit-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that spits. spit.

2. Baseball.,  spitball.

spitter

²

[spit-er]

noun

1. brocket.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spitter¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; spit ¹, -er ¹

Origin of spitter²

First recorded in 1555–65; spit ² + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Unlike a few of the seedling apples we’d tasted—some of which foragers evocatively call “spitters”—this was fruit I’d cut up to serve with thick slices of cheddar.

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Otherwise known as “spitters,” they do exactly that — spit water at guests in boats.

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In one incident, a woman driver was spit on, and the windshield of the spitter’s truck was bashed in by a garden hoe.

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The latest to do so is South Central spitter G Perico, who specializes in updating G-funk tropes and trademarks for a new generation.

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And it didn’t help that the United States was a nation of spitters, as a disgusted Charles Dickens described it.

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