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Definition spit take in British English

spit take noun

noun
1

an act of suddenly spitting out liquid you are drinking when someone says or does something funny or surprising

Example

My wife, an English major, did a spit-take when we learned my little word was being added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

Definition spit take in British English