different between spitter vs spittoon

spitter

English

Etymology 1

From spit (rod; skewer) +? -er.

Alternative forms

  • spittard

Noun

spitter (plural spitters)

  1. One who puts meat on a spit.
  2. A young deer whose antlers are beginning to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket.
Translations

Etymology 2

From spit (verb) +? -er.

Noun

spitter (plural spitters)

  1. One who spits.
    • 2009, David T. Wong, Salivary Diagnostics (page 107)
      After the SARS outbreak in 2003, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan launched campaigns to discourage public spitting by issuing fines to public spitters.
  2. (baseball) A spitball.
  3. (herpetology, slang) A spitting cobra.
Derived terms
  • spitters are quitters
Translations

Anagrams

  • Pitters, pitters, tipster

spitter From the web:

  • splitter means
  • what does spitter mean in slang
  • what rhymes spitter
  • what does sputter mean in baseball
  • what is splitter in german
  • what ia spitter
  • what does sputter mean in texting
  • what does sputter mean in spanish


spittoon

English

Alternative forms

  • spitoon

Etymology

spit +? -oon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sp??tu?n/

Noun

spittoon (plural spittoons)

  1. A receptacle for spit.

Synonyms

  • (receptacle): cuspidor, spitbox, goboon/gaboon, spit bucket

Related terms

  • spitter

Translations

spittoon From the web:

  • spittoon what does it mean
  • spittoon what meaning in tamil
  • what were spittoons used for
  • what were the spittoon made of
  • what does spittoon mean in english
  • what does spittoon
  • what are spittoon used for
  • what is spittoon synonym
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like