spitshine

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noun

A shoeshine where a liquid, traditionally saliva, is used.

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Meanings

nounspitshine (plural spitshines)

plural spitshines · alternative spit shine

  1. A shoeshine where a liquid, traditionally saliva, is used.
verbspitshine (third-person singular simple present spitshines, present participle spitshining, simple past and past participle spitshined)

present singular third person spitshines · participle present spitshining · participle past spitshined · past spitshined · alternative spit shine

  1. transitiveTo clean with a spitshine.

Origin

From spit + shine.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pithiness
Cite this entry
APA

spitshine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spitshine

MLA

“spitshine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spitshine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spitshine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spitshine.

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