Spitter

noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who puts meat on a spit.
  2. 2
    Someone who spits.

    "Fines will be issued to spitters who spit wantonly in public."

  3. 3
    an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before they throw it wordnet
  4. 4
    A young deer whose antlers are beginning to shoot or become sharp.

    "Near-synonyms: brocket, knobber, knobbler, pricket"

  5. 5
    Someone who spits.; Someone who spits out semen during oral sex. vulgar
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  1. 6
    a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth) wordnet
  2. 7
    Rapper, emcee. slang

    "On the stage with the RZA to the Gravediggaz GZA used to say I was his favorite spitter"

  3. 8
    Synonym of spitting cobra. slang
  4. 9
    A small shower (of rain), a spatter.

    "A zigzag of lightning fretted the eastern horizon in a brilliant greenish flash, sharply outlining the sea-line; and, as a solemn, hollow, distant peal reverberated, a spitter of rain fell. There was not a breath of wind, and the whack-whacking and spits of flame from the warships came threatening over the darkening sea."

  5. 10
    Synonym of spitball.

    "Coach says no throwing any spitters."

  6. 11
    An improvised and portable spittoon, typically a beverage bottle repurposed.

    "with a spitter in the console of his Camaro"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From spit (“rod; skewer”) + -er.

Etymology 2

From spit (verb) + -er.

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