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
Stab
Stab verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.
Usage example: stabbed the pesky leaf with the tines of the rake
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Synonyms for Stab
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good spit | good stab |
| similar | similar spit | similar stab |
| original | original spit | original stab |
| great | great spit | great stab |
| Other adjectives: bad, deadly, extra, basic, last. | ||
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Stab and Spit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/spit/stab
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