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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | squeeze out liquid |
| Synonyms: | eject, emit, flow, jet, pour, spatter, spit, splash, splur, spray, sprinkle, spritz, spurt, stream, surge |
| Main Entry: | transfix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pierce |
| Synonyms: | fix, impale, lance, nail down, penetrate, pin down, puncture, run through, skewer, skiver, spear, spike, spit, stick, transpierce |
| Main Entry: | sandbar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bar of sand |
| Synonyms: | dune, reef, shoal, spit |
| Main Entry: | headland |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high land area |
| Synonyms: | bluff, cape, cliff, foreland, ness, peak, promontory, ridge, spit, strip |
| Main Entry: | expectorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cough up |
| Synonyms: | hawk, spew, spit, spit out |
| Notes: | to spit (imitative of its sound) means to expel saliva; expectorate means to dredge up and expel phlegm |
| Main Entry: | cold call |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unsolicited call |
| Synonyms: | hard sell, sales call, spam, spit |
| Main Entry: | skewer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rod |
| Synonyms: | brochette, lance, pick, pin, spit, truss |
| Main Entry: | salivate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drool |
| Synonyms: | dribble, drivel, froth, ooze, run, slabber, slaver, slobber, spit, water, water at the mouth |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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