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spit
verb
to perform a rap lyric US- I could’ve spit that line better. — Eminem (Marshall Mathers), Angry Blonde, p. 4, 2001
- I got my education on the streets / And I learned how to spit rhymes out with or without beats — Cypress Hill Memories, 2001
▶ spit beef
to vomit US- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 4, April 1978
▶ spit blood
to be very angry, especially in the phrase “could spit blood” UK, 1963- — John Ayto, The Oxford Dictionary of Slang, p. 255, 1998
▶ spit bricks
to be furious UK- Down comes the Scots geezer spitting bricks–and he’s got a Samurai sword with him[.] — Duncan MacLaughlin, The Filth, p. 147, 2002
▶ spit chips
to vent anger verbally AUSTRALIA, 1947- — Arthur Chipper, The Aussie Swearer’s Guide, p. 48, 1972
- Britons are spitting chips over a new edict by European food watchdogs. — News, p. 3, 1 May 1991
▶ spit cotton
to salivate while under the influence of heroin US- My mouth was dry, and my spit came out in round white balls–spitting cotton, it’s called. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 29, 1953
▶ spit lead
to fire a gun US- — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 220, 1949
▶ spit the dummy; spit the dummy out
to become furious; to throw a tantrum AUSTRALIA
From the image of an upset baby spitting out its dummy and crying.- Instead Hughes spat his dummy out and refused to have a go and our international sporting image was damaged even further. — Sunday Mail, p. 50, 18 March 1984
- I mean, just how much rambling purple prose on the subjects of hashish, heroin and young boys’ bottoms can you take before you finally spit the dummy. — Ignatius Jones, The 1992 True Hip Manual, p. 31, 1992
- — Kel Richards, The Aussie Bible, p. 67, 2003
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