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English
Noun
spits
Verb
spits
- third-person singular simple present indicative of spit
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Etymology 1
Adjective
spits (comparative spitser, superlative meest spits or spitst)
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- → Papiamentu: spits (dated)
Noun
spits n (plural spitsen, diminutive spitsje n)
- a pointed tip
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Etymology 2
Noun
spits f (plural spitsen, diminutive spitsje n)
- a top, a peak, a pinnacle or an apex
- (architecture) a spire
- (sports) a striker (both the position and the player), often referring to the centre forward
- (military) a frontline battalion, a front subdivision of a vanguard
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- (spire): torenspits
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Etymology 3
Back-formation from spitsuur, but especially avondspits and ochtendspits, which are themselves shortenings from avondspitsuur and ochtendspitsuur. Around 1940 the term spits (“peak”, etymology 2) was also commonly used for annual peak traffic during the summer holiday, which is another likely influence for the shortened form. The use of the article de (earlier used for avondspits and ochtendspits) rather than het (used for spitsuur) was influenced by etymology 2.
Noun
spits m or f (plural spitsen, diminutive spitsje n)
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