(spit) v. spat or spit, spit·ting v.t.
1. To eject (saliva, blood, etc.) from the mouth.
2. To throw off, eject, or utter with violence.
3. To light, as a fuse.
—v.i.
4. To eject saliva from the mouth.
5. To make a noise like that made in ejecting saliva.
6. To fall in scattered drops or flakes, as rain or snow.
—noun
1. Spittle; saliva.
2. An act of spitting or expectorating.
3. A frothy, spit-like secretion of the spittle insect; also, a spittle insect.
4. A light, scattered fall or short, driving flurry of snow or rain.
5. Colloq. Exact image; likeness; counterpart: He's the spit of John. [OE spittan]
—spit′ter noun

(spit) noun
1. A pointed rod on which meat is turned and roasted before a fire.
2. A point of low land, or a long, narrow shoal, extending from a shore into the water.
—v.t. spit·ted, spit·ting To transfix or impale with or as with a spit. [OE spitu spit]