spit
Base form
spit
/spɪt/
Past simple
spatspat / spit
/spæt//spæt/ /spɪt/
Past participle
spatspat / spit
/spæt//spæt/ /spɪt/
MeaningB2
to force liquid or food out of your mouth
Come on, spit it out!
In use
- Negative · Form 1Don’t spit your chewing gum on the pavement!
- Imperative · Form 1Spit it out — what did you want to tell me?
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday a llama spat at my little brother at the zoo.
- Past simple · Form 2Last night the fire spat sparks onto the rug.
- Present perfect · Form 3The baby has spat out all her carrots again.
- Past perfect · Form 3The player had spat at the referee, so he was sent off.
Watch out
Spat, like sat: he spat out the pip. American English also uses spit in both forms. Spatted and spitten are wrong.
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