noun An insect which produces such spume: as, the cuckoo- spit, Ptyelus spumarius.noun The spume of certain inseets a frothy, fleecy, or waxy substance secreted by various homopterous bugs from specialized pores scattered over the general surface of the body.noun The act of spitting: as, a cat gives an angry spit.noun What is ejected from the mouth saliva spume.To eject from the mouth spew especially, to eject as or with saliva: as, to spit blood.To make a noise as if spitting, like an angry cat.To eject saliva from the mouth expectorate.noun In weaving, the spindle or wire which holds the cop, spool, or pirn in the shuttle.noun A small point of land running into the sea, or a long narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea.noun The obelisk or dagger () used as a reference-mark.noun A slender bar, sharply pointed at the end, to be thrust through meat which is to be roasted in front of the fire.To roast anything on a spit attend to a spit use a spit.To string on a stick and hang up to dry, as herring in a smoke-house.To thrust a spit through pierce, transfix, or impale with or as with a spit: as, to spit a loin of veal.intransitive verb To rain or snow in light, scattered drops or flakes.intransitive verb To make a hissing or sputtering noise.intransitive verb To express contempt or animosity, especially by ejecting matter from the mouth.intransitive verb To eject matter from the mouth expectorate.intransitive verb To emit suddenly and forcefully.intransitive verb To eject as if from the mouth.intransitive verb To eject from the mouth.noun A brief, scattered rainfall or snowfall.noun Something, such as the frothy secretion of spittle bugs, that resembles spit.noun Saliva, especially when expectorated spittle.transitive verb To impale on or as if on a spit.noun A narrow point of land extending into a body of water.noun A slender, pointed rod on which meat is impaled for roasting.Spike-heel as a type of women's shoe is attested by 1929.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. The electrical sense of "pulse of short duration" is from 1935. The meaning "pointed stud in athletic shoes" is from 1832. The general sense of "short, sharp point pointed projection" is by 1718. The English word also might be influenced by and partly a borrowing of Latin spica (see spike (n.2)), from the same root. In older sources this is reconstructed to be from a PIE root *spei- "sharp point," source also of Latin spica "ear of corn," spina "thorn, prickle, backbone," and perhaps pinna "pin " Greek spilas "rock, cliff " Lettish spile "wooden fork " Lithuanian speigliai "thorns," spitna "tongue of a buckle " Old English spitu "spit." But de Vaan finds only the Germanic, Latin, and perhaps Lithuanian words connected and offers no further etymology. "large nail," usually of iron, mid-14c., perhaps from or related to a Scandinavian word, such as Old Norse spik "splinter," Middle Swedish spijk "nail," from Proto-Germanic *spikaz (source also of Middle Dutch spicher, Dutch spijker "nail," Old English spicing "large nail," Old English spaca, Old High German speihha "spoke").
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