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My primary school teacher once poured a bottle of curdled school milk forcefully down my throat. Then I threw it up all over her suede shoes. I'd rather have drunk from the spittoon in Barney's barber shop.
Paul O'Grady

Meaning of "spittoon" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPITTOON

From spit1 + -oon: see saloon, balloon, etc.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SPITTOON

spittoon  [spɪˈtuːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPITTOON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spittoon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPITTOON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

spittoon

Spittoon

A spittoon is a receptacle made for spitting into, especially by users of chewing and dipping tobacco. It is also known as a cuspidor, although that term is also used for a type of spitting sink used in dentistry. James Joyce thought cuspidor to be the most beautiful word in the English language. "Spittoon" can also be slang American English for any receptacle used to hold spit, although the term "spitter" is more common. Similar vessels for spitting had been used in Southwest Asia for centuries. Spittoons appeared both in the United States and the United Kingdom under the same name about 1840. It has been suggested that the name was in part onomatopoeia.

Definition of spittoon in the English dictionary

The definition of spittoon in the dictionary is a receptacle for spit, usually in a public place.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPITTOON


Behistun
ˌbeɪhɪˈstuːn
Bisitun
ˌbiːsɪˈtuːn
Bisutun
ˌbiːsʊˈtuːn
cartoon
kɑːˈtuːn
ducatoon
ˌdʌkəˈtuːn
festoon
fɛˈstuːn
frigatoon
ˌfrɪɡəˈtuːn
malakatoone
ˌmæləkəˈtuːn
melocotoon
ˌmeləʊkəˈtuːn
musketoon
ˌmʌskɪˈtuːn
musquetoon
ˌmʌskɪˈtuːn
pantun
pænˈtuːn
platoon
pləˈtuːn
ratoon
ræˈtuːn
rattoon
ræˈtuːn
saskatoon
ˌsæskəˈtuːn
spontoon
spɒnˈtuːn
testoon
tɛˈstuːn
toon
tuːn
toun
tuːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPITTOON

spitchcock
spitcher
spite
spiteful
spitefully
spitefulness
spitfire
Spithead
Spitsbergen
spitsticker
spitted
spitter
spitting
spitting distance
spitting image
spitting snake
spittle
spittle insect
spittlebug
spitz

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPITTOON

afternoon
animated cartoon
balloon
boon
Cameroon
honeymoon
hoon
hot-air balloon
lagoon
maroon
monsoon
moon
noon
over the moon
saloon
soon
spoon
strip cartoon
teaspoon
typhoon

Synonyms and antonyms of spittoon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spittoon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPITTOON

Find out the translation of spittoon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spittoon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spittoon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

痰盂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escupidera
570 millions of speakers

English

spittoon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

थूकदान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المبصقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плевательницы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escarradeira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিকদানি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crachoir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spittoon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spucknapf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

痰つぼ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

타구
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spittoon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cái ống nhổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எச்சிற் படிகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Spittoon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tükürük hokkası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sputacchiera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spluwaczki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

плювальниці
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scuipătoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πτυελοδοχείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spuugbakkie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spottkopp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spittoon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spittoon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPITTOON»

The term «spittoon» is regularly used and occupies the 65.092 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPITTOON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spittoon

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QUOTES WITH «SPITTOON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word spittoon.
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Paul O'Grady
My primary school teacher once poured a bottle of curdled school milk forcefully down my throat. Then I threw it up all over her suede shoes. I'd rather have drunk from the spittoon in Barney's barber shop.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPITTOON»

Discover the use of spittoon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spittoon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Self, Nation, Text in Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children"
O talismanic spittoon! O beauteous lost receptacle of memories as well as spittle- juice! What sensitive person could fail to sympathize with me in my nostalgic agony at its loss?" (432). It drives Saleem wild when people try to get his spittoon  ...
Neil Ten Kortenaar, 2005
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All The World'S A Spittoon
Called upon to define Indian culture, he rises to the occasion and finds that some things never change. Born of a talent for seeing order (and humour) in chaos, All the World s a Spittoon is a rollicking journal of a road less travelled.
Dinesh Khanna, 2003
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The Manual of Dental Assisting
The spittoon bowl is usually mounted in rubber and it is easily broken at the point of entry into the outlet drain. Move it aside whenever necessary by holding the outlet drain, not by pushing the bowl. Decontaminate the bowl after each patient ...
Leah Vern Barnett, 2004
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Samuel S. White Catalogue of Dental Instruments and Equipment
The Carrier for this Spittoon is adapted to the Harris Chair, to which it is attached by means of a Socket-plate, screwed to the left arm, in which the stem of the Bracket or Carrier hangs safely, has free motion, and from which it may be readily  ...
Samuel Stockton White, 1995
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Warman's Carnival Glass: Identification and Price Guide
... Cracked G 225 Hobnail Salt, Oval, English M 110 Hobnail Spittoon A 350 Hobnail Spittoon G 2000 Hobnail Spittoon P 600 Hobnail Spittoon, Nick M 400 Hobnail Swirl Rosebowl A 150 Hobnail Swirl Rosebowl A 215 Hobnail Swirl Rosebowl ...
Ellen T. Schroy, 2004
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Reading Rushdie: Perspectives on the Fiction of Salman Rushdie
The green tin trunk, the silver spittoon, the buried globe that contains the bric-à- brac of Saleem's youth, the sheet with "the roughly circular hole some seven inches in diameter cut into the centre" (11)7 provide an imagistic continuity in which ...
M. D. Fletcher, 1994
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Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah
Or if you do know it, your knowledge will be defective. For example, this spittoon here. Everybody knows it's a spittoon, but they don't fully know the spittoon. Why don't they fully know it? If I called this spittoon a saucepan, what would you say?
Chah, 2005
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Stranger Gods: Salman Rushdie's Other Worlds
While the Free Islam Convocation may be based on reality, Rushdie associates it with all sorts of fanciful and literary elements, the most striking of which is a silver lapis-lazuli inlaid spittoon. This spittoon is linked to the common people (as ...
Roger Y. Clark, 2001
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The Unraveling ... of the Rug Merchants
But most of all, remember, a spittoon is a spittoon. SPITTOON spells spittoon. Don't be a spittoon. As your wise mom alwayssaid, 'Who wants tomarry a spittoon ?'” Christen standsup and looks around. Shesees noone.She questions her ...
Janice Zalewski, 2012
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The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney
Occasionally, though, Disney's story ideas clothed themselves in more promising expression. In Alice's Balloon Race, released in January 1926, a hippopotamus, as he sits and smokes his pipe and spits, misses a spittoon; the spittoon grows ...
Michael Barrier, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPITTOON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spittoon is used in the context of the following news items.
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FLASR Announces 2500 Store National Distribution Agreement for …
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FLASR, (OTCQB: FLSR), the 4-oz. pocket-size, portable spittoon company, today announced a four-stage, 2,500 store ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
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FLASR Pocket Spittoon Featured in “As Seen on TV” Campaign in …
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FLASR (OTCQB: FLSR), the 4-oz. pocket-size, portable spittoon company, today announced the launch of its inaugural ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
3
Chew on This: New Portable Spittoon Makes for Less of a Mess
Five words or less (NewsUSA) – They are as iconic and as much a part of the fabric of U.S. history as the cowboys who used them. Then, just as it is now, the ... «Daily Caller, Jun 15»
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Spit Happens: Get Active This Summer With New Portable Spittoon
Carrying a large chew-ing tobacco spittoon doesn't seem like a viable option either, nor does using a dip cup, which could spill and make a mess that can be ... «Daily Caller, Jun 15»
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Mud Jug Luxury Spittoons Are the Kick-Ass Symbol of Freedom …
A more succinct version of this spat can be found from Darcy Compton, co-founder and face of the portable smokeless tobacco spittoon company Mud Jug, who ... «VICE, May 15»
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FLASR Announces National Product Launch of Pocket Spittoon in …
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FLASR (OTCQB: FLSR), the 4-oz. pocketsize, portable spittoon company, today announced its flasks designed for smokeless ... «Business Wire, May 15»
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Annual spittoon races at the Brick Saloon draw boats from all over
Dozens of boats raced down the 23-foot long running water spittoon in the Brick Saloon on Saturday in Roslyn. The race started 27 years ago when the former ... «Daily Record, Mar 15»
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Throwback Tulsa: Gunshots, flying inkwells and a spittoon figure in …
Rep. George Vaughn (left) and Rep. Gary Bastin shake hands after they had engaged in a shoving match at the state Capitol. During the fight, Vaughn fell and ... «Tulsa World, Jan 15»
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Three Supreme Court Justices Return to Yale
“We still have spittoons by our seats,” Justice Alito said. Justice Thomas said he was content with the way things are. “I like formality,” he said. But the three ... «New York Times, Oct 14»
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The history of the home – with the spittoons put back in
Sweeping away evidence: where in those calm, tile-floored 17th-century rooms can we even glimpse a spittoon? 'Dutch Interior' by Pieter Janssens Elinga. «Spectator.co.uk, Oct 14»

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