Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spit feathers

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: spit feath-ers
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To feel very thirsty.

verb

To feel very angry; to sputter angrily.

Example Sentences

"Where is that sodding drink? I'm spitting feathers."
"I was just about spitting feathers. My throat was so dry and sore that I could barely feel my own tongue."
"“I've always liked camomile tea, and I'm spitting feathers after walking all the way over here. Nothing quenches the thirst like camomile tea.”"
"He is high as a kite on Fair Trade espressos and spitting feathers that Ted Nicholls is apparently having some sort of comeback."
"Yesterday's heresy—the sort of thing that made orthodox theologians spit feathers—becomes today's tourist attraction."
"Spartan education was entirely geared to the sublimation of the individual to the state, the disintegration of the ego and its reorientation as an agent of Spartan civilization. Proponents of child-centred education would spit feathers, I imagine."

Inflected Forms

spits feathers (present, singular) spitting feathers (participle, present) spat feathers (participle, past) spat feathers (past)

Synonyms

spit cotton spit nails

Questions

What does spit feathers mean?: To feel very thirsty.

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