Read full poem →Where gothic saints and warriors made a shield
To cover him, and tortured gargoyles spat
One long continuous stream of silver rain
Dictionary Entry
To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. spatupon spatspat man
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Poetry examples for “spat”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →either side, as such a blow might have given rise to cancer. As it
was, Vivie when she coughed spat blood.
Read full poem →And stumbling figures looming out in front.
"O Christ, they're coming at us!" Bullets spat,
And he remembered his rifle ... rapid fire ...
Read full poem →He continued: “I was in the United States Hotel, for making blockade
whisky. I don’t make it any more.” He spat again. “I don’t even go
fishin’ on Sunday unless--”