spittle

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It makes me think your screen is flecked with spittle.

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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

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noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spittle.

noun

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

Example sentences

It makes me think your screen is flecked with spittle.

But to your spittle these seem naught — It stings and burns.

I think you will find that most people wouldn't even waste the spittle on that person's face.

I can practically feel the flecks of spittle hitting my face as I read your comment.

How are people not angered to the point of spittle launching fury by "development kids"?

They used to have good reporting, but all I've seen since the Apple v Samsung verdict is spittle-flecked ranting.

Perhaps you'd be able to read a little more clearly if you took a moment to wipe the spittle off the monitor.

However that being said, there are a bunch of nutcases that seem to spew spittle at their screen anytime the government is mentioned.

There's a difference between saying that for many things, MS Office wins and some of the spittle-flecked rants about OpenOffice that one sees.

It's almost ridiculous how some people get so indignant about CIA; I can almost feel their spittle as they shout at their computer screens.

>It's almost ridiculous how some people get so indignant about CIA; I can almost feel their spittle as they shout at their computer screens.

That's not a counterpoint, that's a paragraph of unintelligible, angry spittle.

It certainly is a screed - you can practically feel the spittle as the guy expresses indignation that anyone could possibly disagree with the teachings of his own church.

How about pointing out the problem calmly and rationally, like you just did?The written equivalent of spittle-flecked screaming is neither professional nor constructive.

Right!It's almost ridiculous how some people get so indignant about about imagined pacifist dirty hippies; I can almost feel their spittle as they typety tap tap their anonymous comments.

Are you by chance familiar with the axiom that, given an audience without any other information about the parties or principles involved in a given argument, the side which presents its claims in a calm, level-headed fashion is more likely to be taken seriously than the side that's red-faced and flinging spittle?I can't imagine what's brought that so strongly to mind just now, but I figured I'd mention it all the same.