Crossword clues for spitter
spitter
The Collaborative International Dictionary
spitball \spit"ball`\, spit ball \spit" ball`\, n.
Paper chewed, and rolled into a ball, to be thrown as a missile; -- a childish prank.
(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.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A person who or animal or object that spits. 2 (context baseball English) A spitball. 3 One who puts meat on a spit. 4 A young deer whose antlers are beginning to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket.
WordNet
n. a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth) [syn: expectorator]
an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it [syn: spitball]
Wikipedia
The Spitter is a stream near Tambach-Dietharz in the Thuringian Forest in Germany. It flows through the Spitter Valley and has the highest waterfall in Thuringia. (see Spitter Waterfall).
Usage examples of "spitter".
A wiry gray gelding named Spitter was given to Wil, and he had one foot in the stirrup when Flick came dashing up, bearded face dripping and flushed.
Wil followed him down, leading Spitter forward several paces to where the Druid waited.
Allanon turned Spitter directly toward them, blue fire sparking on the fingers of one hand as it raised menacingly.
From out of the valley behind them galloped a terrified Spitter, wiry gray body extended in full stride.
Artaq jumped ahead instantly at the sound of his voice, moving in front of Spitter once more.
He was still running easily, smoothly, and he quickly left the tiring Spitter behind.
In that moment, Spitter topped the rise, stumbled wearily and went down.
Men had been killed when contests to determine the most accurate spitter led to drunken brawls.
I controlled my trembling well enough to cut open the bag that held the small-caliber spitter, and it only took three tries to get the cassette of ammunition fastened to the receiver.
I slid the spitter onto its mount and cranked up its scope to maximum power.
You reach back into your memory where this furry humped spitter emerges from a time long ago when your father offered you and your handsome brother to your mortal enemies, the Turkish Ottomans.
In some places, your spitters were actually apprehended and burnedand your crime rate went down.
An artillery squad had set up beyond the thorn hedge, their four magma spitters trained on the opening.
They had shooed away the whittlers and spitters, and turned back people from approaching the front of the bank.
In some places, your spitters were actually apprehended and burnedand your crime rate went down.