spit-take

verb

To perform a spit take

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Meanings

nounspit-take (plural spit-takes)

plural spit-takes

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of spit take.

    2008, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content nr. 1231: Pssssh! Wow Faye, I didn’t think people actually did spit-takes in real life.

verbspit-take (third-person singular simple present spit-takes, present participle spit-taking, simple past spit-taked or spit-took, past participle spit-taked or spit-took or spit-taken)

present singular third person spit-takes · participle present spit-taking · past spit-taked · past spit-took · participle past spit-taked · participle past spit-took · participle past spit-taken

  1. To perform a spit take
    1 more example

    Meanwihle[sic] at Winterfell, another overdone scheme designed mainly to surprise the audience. In the black of her chambers, Sansa brainstorms with Littlefinger what Arya could want. “After she murders you, what does she become?” he asks. To which Sansa does everything but gasp and spit-take, widening her eyes and saying like she’s just realizing it for the first time, “Lady of Winterfell.”

    2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club
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APA

spit-take. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spit-take

MLA

“spit-take.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spit-take. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spit-take,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spit-take.

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