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spitting image
spitting imagen. A perfect likeness or counterpart.
[Probably from alteration of spitten, dialectal past participle of spit, the close resemblance of one person to another being likened in folk sayings to the former person having been spat out of the latter's mouth.]spitting image n informal a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another, esp to a relative. Also called: spit or spit and image [C19: modification of spit and image, from spit1 (as in the phrase the very spit of, the exact likeness of (someone))]spit1 (spɪt)
v. spit spat, spit•ting, v.i. 1. to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate. 2. to sputter: grease spitting in the fire. v.t. 3. to eject from the mouth: to spit watermelon seeds. 4. to throw out or emit like saliva. 5. spit up, to vomit; throw up. n. 6. saliva, esp. when ejected. 7. the act of spitting. 8. spittle (def. 2). Idioms: spit and image, exact likeness. Also, spitting image. [before 950; (v.) Middle English spitten, Old English spittan, c. dial. German spützen to spit] spit2 (spɪt)
n., v. spit•ted, spit•ting. n. 1. a pointed rod for skewering and holding meat over a fire or other source of heat. 2. any of various rods, pins, etc. 3. a narrow point of land projecting into the water. 4. a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore. v.t. 5. to pierce, stab, or transfix with or as if with a spit; impale on something sharp. [before 1000; Middle English spite, Old English spitu, c. Middle Dutch, spit, Old High German spiz spit] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | spitting image - a perfect likeness or counterpartalikeness, likeness, similitude - similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness" |
spitting imagenoun double, lookalike, (dead) ringer (slang), picture, spit (informal, chiefly Brit.), clone, replica, likeness, living image, spit and image (informal) Nina looks the spitting image of Sissy Spacek.spitting imagenounOne exactly resembling another:double, duplicate, image, picture, portrait.Slang: ringer.spitting image
the spitting image of (someone)One who looks exactly like someone else. Wow, you are just the spitting image of your mother! I was about to call you by her name.See also: image, of, spitspitting imageA precise resemblance, especially in closely related persons. For example, Dirk is the spitting image of his grandfather. This idiom alludes to the earlier use of the noun spit for "likeness," in turn probably derived from an old proverb, "as like as one as if he had been spit out of his mouth" (c. 1400). The current idiom dates from about 1900. See also: image, spitspitting image, theAn exact resemblance, usually said of parent and child or other close relatives. This term comes from the earlier spit and image, which, since spit meant “likeness,” was redundant. Nevertheless, it was widely used from the late nineteenth century on, and by the mid-twentieth century, probably through mispronunciation or misspelling, was converted to the current cliché.See also: spitEncyclopediaSeespitspitting image
Synonyms for spitting imagenoun doubleSynonyms- double
- lookalike
- (dead) ringer
- picture
- spit
- clone
- replica
- likeness
- living image
- spit and image
Synonyms for spitting imagenoun one exactly resembling anotherSynonyms- double
- duplicate
- image
- picture
- portrait
- ringer
Words related to spitting imagenoun a perfect likeness or counterpartRelated Words- alikeness
- likeness
- similitude
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