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spittoon en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /spɪˈtuːn/

Etymology

From spit + -oon.

Meanings

1. A receptacle for spit (saliva); especially, one used by people using chewing tobacco or snuff.
   • They had made good time, Streight thought, considering what they were using: a chisel, a wooden spittoon to put the dirt in, a clothesline to pull the spittoon back and forth, a candle for the digger, and the rubber blanket for fanning air. 2003, Marie Jakober, Only Call Us Faithful: A Novel of the Union Underground, page 194:
   • For use in public institutions, in corridors and grounds, I would recommend an elevated spittoon, which has numerous advantages over the ordinary spittoon placed on the floor. 1903, S. A. Knopf, “A practical talk to the nurses of tuberculous patients”, in The American Journal of Nursing, volume 3, page 444:
   • These had once been divided meticulously between the three classes and were still embellished by lengthy extracts from the Decrée of 1902 ("passengers must not spit except into the spittoons provided on pain of..."—but, alas, the spittoons are no more). 1961 November, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 668:
   • In the only arm-chair which the apartment boasted—one of the legs of which was shorter than the other three, and to remedy that defect was ingeniously stuck into an iron spittoon—sat the young man Mr. Pascoe had come to visit, very unlike, it must be confessed, any "portraits of a gentleman" one ever saw in the exhibition of the Royal Academy. 1835, James Payn, From Exile, page 142:

Forms

Synonyms

spitbox · spit bucket · pigdan · goboon · spit-cup · cuspidor

Translations (67)

cmn 唾壺 /唾壶 (receptacle for spit) · id tempolong (receptacle for spit) · ota توكوروك حقهسی (receptacle for spit) · ja 痰壷 (receptacle for spit) · cmn 痰盒 (receptacle for spit) · km កន្ថោរ (receptacle for spit) · is hrákadallur (receptacle for spit) · cmn 痰罐 (receptacle for spit) · it sputacchiera (receptacle for spit) · eo kraĉujo (receptacle for spit) · ja 唾壺 (receptacle for spit) · te తమ్మతొట్టి (receptacle for spit) · ja たんつぼ (receptacle for spit) · pt escarradeira (receptacle for spit) · nl kwispedoor (receptacle for spit) · pt cuspideira (receptacle for spit) · su ᮒᮙ᮪ᮕᮧᮜᮧᮀ (receptacle for spit) · tl luraan (receptacle for spit) · uk плювальниця (receptacle for spit) · mk плувалник (receptacle for spit) · tcy ಪಡ್ಯ (receptacle for spit) · ca escopidora (receptacle for spit) · sh пљувачница (receptacle for spit) · tk tüfdan (receptacle for spit) · cmn 痰桶 (receptacle for spit) · kum жем (receptacle for spit) · yue 痰盂罐 (receptacle for spit) · sh pljuvaonica (receptacle for spit) · ga seileadán (receptacle for spit) · sh пљуваоница (receptacle for spit) · sv spottlåda (receptacle for spit) · cmn 痰盂 (receptacle for spit) · el πτυελοδοχείο (receptacle for spit) · ms tempolong (receptacle for spit) · kn ಡವಕೆ (receptacle for spit) · ur تھوک دان (receptacle for spit) · ru плева́тельница (receptacle for spit) · pl spluwaczka (receptacle for spit) · cy poerlestr (receptacle for spit) · mk плукалник (receptacle for spit) · ru плева́льница (receptacle for spit) · tl duraan (receptacle for spit) · bg плюва́лник (receptacle for spit) · sv spottkopp (receptacle for spit) · de Spucknapf (receptacle for spit) · ur اُگالدان (receptacle for spit) · mi paepae hūare (receptacle for spit) · da spyttebakke (receptacle for spit) · gu પિકદાની (receptacle for spit) · ja 痰壺 (receptacle for spit) · yue 痰罐 (receptacle for spit) · wuu 痰瓶 (receptacle for spit) · cs plivátko (receptacle for spit) · nan-hbl 痰壺 /痰壶 (receptacle for spit) · es escupidera (receptacle for spit) · alt тӱкӱргӱш (receptacle for spit) · fi sylkykuppi (receptacle for spit) · ms ketur (receptacle for spit) · fr crachoir (receptacle for spit) · pt cuspidor (receptacle for spit) · ur پِیْک دان (receptacle for spit) · fa خیودان (receptacle for spit) · gu થૂંકદાની (receptacle for spit) · ml തുപ്പൽപാത്രം (receptacle for spit) · et süljekauss (receptacle for spit) · sh pljuvačnica (receptacle for spit) · tr tükürük hokkası (receptacle for spit)