noun

1. A sudden impact or blow.

2. The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.

3. A slam dunk.

noun

1. A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.

2. A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules.

3. Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.

Synonyms: spit

noun

1. A shambling fellow.

noun

1. A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.

2. A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.

Synonyms: broach

verb

1. To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.

   “to spit a loin of veal”

2. To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.

   “She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen.”

noun

1. Saliva, especially when expectorated.

   “There was spit all over the washbasin.”

2. An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.

3. A person who exactly resembles someone else (usually in set phrases; see spitting image)

Synonyms: expectoration, spittle

verb

1. To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

2. To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.

   “a hot pan spitting droplets of fat”

3. To utter (something) violently.

Synonyms: expectorate

noun

1. The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.

2. The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.

verb

1. To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.

2. To plant (something) using a spade.

3. To dig, to spade.

Synonyms: delve