1. a person who spits
2. a baseball pitch that moves erratically due to saliva or other substance applied to the ball
Usage: baseball; often illegal
3. a container used for spitting into

Examples

• The rude spitter was asked to leave the restaurant.
• He was known as a frequent spitter of sunflower seeds.
• The pitcher was caught throwing a spitter in the third inning.
• Spitters were banned from professional baseball decades ago.
• The old saloon had a brass spitter in every corner.
• She placed a spitter beside the patient’s bed.
• The antique spitter was made of polished copper.