Gob vs. Spit
Gobnoun
(countable) A lump of soft or sticky material.
Spitnoun
A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
Gobnoun
The mouth.
‘He′s always stuffing his gob with fast food.’; ‘Oi, you, shut your gob!’; ‘She's got such a gob on her – she's always gossiping about someone or other.’;
Spitnoun
A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.
Gobnoun
Saliva or phlegm.
‘He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement.’;
Spitnoun
(uncountable) Saliva, especially when expectorated.
‘There was spit all over the washbasin.’;
Gobnoun
A sailor.
Spitnoun
(countable) An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.
Gobnoun
Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.
Spitnoun
The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.
Gobnoun
A whoopee pie.
Spitnoun
The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.
Gobverb
To gather into a lump.
Spitverb
(transitive) To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
‘to spit a loin of veal’;
Gobverb
To spit, especially to spit phlegm.
Spitverb
(transitive) To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.
‘She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen.’;
Gobverb
To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.
Spitverb
(ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
Gobnoun
Same as Goaf.
Spitverb
(ambitransitive) To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.
‘a hot pan spitting droplets of fat’;
Gobnoun
A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful.
Spitverb
(ambitransitive) To utter (something) violently.
Gobnoun
The mouth.
Spitverb
To rap, to utter.
Gobnoun
Same as sailor.
Spitverb
To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.
Gobnoun
a man who serves as a sailor
Spitverb
To plant (something) using a spade.
Gobnoun
a lump of slimey stuff;
‘a gob of phlegm’;
Spitverb
To dig, to spade.
Gobnoun
informal terms for the mouth
Spitnoun
A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.
Spitnoun
A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand.
Spitnoun
The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.
Spitnoun
The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.
Spitverb
To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.
Spitverb
To spade; to dig.
Spitverb
To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
‘She's spitting in the kitchen.’;
Spitverb
To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth.
Spitverb
To eject; to throw out; to belch.
Spitverb
To throw out saliva from the mouth.
Spitverb
To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
‘It had been spitting with rain.’;
Spitnoun
a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
Spitnoun
a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
Spitnoun
a skewer for holding meat over a fire
Spitnoun
the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
Spitverb
expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth;
‘The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer’;
Spitverb
utter with anger or contempt
Spitverb
rain gently;
‘It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick’;
Spitverb
drive a skewer through;
‘skewer the meat for the BBQ’;
