Advertisement - Continue reading below

Definition of "spittle" [spit•tle]

  • Spit; saliva. (noun)
  • The frothy liquid secreted by spittlebugs. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "spittle" in a sentence
  • "He bent over, wiping up some of the still wet spittle from the toe of his boot."
  • "Complete with dilating eye and the spittle from the nostrils this was the moment in film history when anything a filmmaker could dream up was officially a possibility."
  • "We are given Gold ones as really really IP's which means we'll be within spittle distance from the speakers."