Meaning & use
Spitter
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A person or thing that spits.
See it in a sentence
The camel was a notorious spitter, much to the visitors' dismay.
In baseball slang, a spitter refers to an illegal pitch altered with saliva.
A note on using this word
In baseball, 'spitter' is shorthand for the banned 'spitball,' a pitch doctored with saliva to change its flight.
Another way to use it
2. noun
(baseball, informal) A spitball, an illegal pitch doctored with saliva or another substance.
The umpire suspected the pitcher was throwing a spitter.
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