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
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Examples of spittle
spittle
Rubbing shoulders with the greats of the game or rubbing spittle out of his shirt.
From the express.co.uk
Witness the spittle-bug, perhaps the zenith of Mother Nature's spitting expertise.
From the charlotteobserver.com
He pivoted man to man, lest anyone thought they were going to get off spittle-free.
From the timesunion.com
You really need to put more effort into these spittle flecked outbursts of bigotry.
From the economist.com
All those fab rich people need plebs to clean up after them and lick their spittle.
From the guardian.co.uk
I'd be glued to every twitching, vein-bulging, spittle-spewing second of it.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Start with a DFK for the spitting foul at the site where the spittle struck.
From the guardian.co.uk
When the customer opened his food container, he says there was spittle on the burger.
From the mcall.com
The water cooler is peppered with spittle as apoplectic cricket-followers pontificate.
From the nzherald.co.nz
- Saliva: 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
- (The Spittles) The Spittles are a type of cliff on the Jurassic coast world heritage site in Dorset, a southern county in England. They contain Blue Lias rocks where a number of fossils have been found, including fossilised fish that the whole of lyme Bay is famous for.
- Spit, usually frothy and of a milky coloration; Something frothy and white that resembles spit; Spit-up or drool of an infant
- A house for the indigent or diseased; a short form of hospital. Also spittell, spyttell, spittaill, and more. In the 16th century, spittle was used of a place meaner than a hospital; hence, a foul or loathsome place. ...
