Cut
Cut verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).
Spit
Spit verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.
Usage example: according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets
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Synonyms for Spit
How words are described
| old | old cut | old spit |
| good | good cut | good spit |
| similar | similar cut | similar spit |
| regular | regular cut | regular spit |
| Other adjectives: original, small, large, little, tiny, bad, twisted, hilarious, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Yuri goes to him (accompanied by guards), kisses him and passes him a sharp sliver of obsidian, which he somehow manages to spit out towards his hand, pick up and cut himself free with.
Source: Sleight of Tongue -
Spit Take: Sakura does one with some udon to cut Karin off when she's about to curse.
- Averted by Om in Small Gods, who generally eats "dead leaves a goat'd spit out," but prefers melons if a human can cut through the rind for him.
Source: Stock Animal Diet
Cite this Source
Spit and Cut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/spit
Cut & Spit. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/spit>.
Spit or Cut. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/spit.
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