misspit

verb

Etymology

From mis- + spit.

  1. inherited from *sp(y)ēw
  2. inherited from spittan
  3. inherited from spit
  4. inherited from spǣtan — “to spit; to squirt
  5. inherited from speten
  6. prefixed as misspit — “mis + spit

Definitions

  1. To spit badly, such as missing the location where one is aiming.

    • Richer than all the Orient In gold and glory, in want and woe, In self-denial and days misspent, In truth and treason in good and guilt, In ivied ruins and altars low, In battered walls and blood misspit— Glorious, gory Mexico.
    • That my living room would no longer be littered with misspit watermelon seeds.
    • The stench of stale beer, acrid cigar smoke, spilt whiskey, and misspat plugs of chewing tobacco pawed her, leaving the sticky grime of a thousand miners' hands.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA