spittlenoun [ U ]
/ˈspɪt.əl//ˈspɪt̬.əl/liquid produced in the mouth to keep the mouth wet and to help to prepare food to be digested:
He wiped some spittle from his mouth.
"Hey," he hissed, spittle flying from his lips.
Synonym
saliva
More examples
- She burst out laughing, spraying spittle all over me.
- The reporter paused to wipe the spittle off his microphone.
- His sleeve was wet with dog spittle.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: bodily fluids & their production
- bile
- bogy
- bucket
- discharge
- dribble
- expectorate
- jism
- lacteal
- lymphatic
- mucus
- perspire
- phlegm
- pus
- snot
- spat
- sperm
- spermatozoon
- spit
- spunk
- sweat buckets idiom
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