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spitter n. 吐痰的人 吐痰的人 spitter n 1: a person who spits ( ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth) [ synonym: { spitter}, { expectorator}] 2: an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance ( spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it [ synonym: { spitball}, { spitter}] spitball \ spit" ball`\, spit ball \ spit" ball`\, n. 1. Paper chewed, and rolled into a ball, to be thrown as a missile; -- a childish prank. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Baseball) A pitched ball in throwing which the pitcher grips the ball between two, or three, fingers on one side ( which is made slippery, as by saliva) and the thumb on the other side, and delivers it so that it slips off the fingers with the least possible friction; -- also called { spitter}. When pitched directly overhand a spit ball darts downward, when pitched with the arm extended sidewise it darts down and out. The use of such a pitch is against the rules of professional baseball. [ Cant] -- { Spit baller}. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. PJC]
Spitter \ Spit" ter\, n. [ See { Spit} to eject from the mouth.] One who ejects saliva from the mouth. [ 1913 Webster]
Spitter \ Spit" ter\, n. [ See { Spit} an iron prong.] 1. One who puts meat on a spit. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) A young deer whose antlers begin to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket. [ 1913 Webster]
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