spit-take

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English

Noun

spit-take (plural spit-takes)

  1. Alternative spelling of spit take

Verb

spit-take (third-person singular simple present spit-takes, present participle spit-taking, simple past spit-taked or spit-took, past participle spit-taked or spit-taken)

  1. To perform a spit take
    • 2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
      Meanwihle[sic] at Winterfell, another overdone scheme designed mainly to surprise the audience. In the black of her chambers, Sansa brainstorms with Littlefinger what Arya could want. “After she murders you, what does she become?” he asks. To which Sansa does everything but gasp and spit-take, widening her eyes and saying like she’s just realizing it for the first time, “Lady of Winterfell.”