SPITTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spitter mean? 

• SPITTER (noun)
  The noun SPITTER has 2 senses:

1. a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)

2. an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it

  Familiarity information: SPITTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPITTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

expectorator; spitter

Hypernyms ("spitter" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

spit (expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

spitball; spitter

Hypernyms ("spitter" is a kind of...):

delivery; pitch ((baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter)