spit-up

noun

Digestive fluids and other stomach contents which are regurgitated or vomited, especially by a child.

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Meanings

nounspit-up (countable and uncountable, plural spit-ups)

plural spit-ups

  1. countableinformaluncountableDigestive fluids and other stomach contents which are regurgitated or vomited, especially by a child.

    Dana Lowey Luttway anointed her son Daniel Henri "the king of spit-up" but was inspired by his daily rejections to create her first invention: the ParentSmock, a cotton bib made for parents.

    2000 March 20, Sharon Cotliar, “Mothers of Invention”, in Time
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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