spittle

Other forms of spittle

plural

spittles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about spittle

What does spittle mean?

spittle means "a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches".

How many syllables are in spittle?

spittle has 2 syllables: spit-tle. The stress falls on "spit". In IPA it is /ˈspɪtəl/.

What is another word for spittle?

Close synonyms include saliva, spit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spittle a common word?

spittle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with spittle?

1 word rhymes with spittle. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.