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Synonyms for spittoon

Most common

spit-cup spit box spit bucket gaboon

All synonyms

Noun

Other

cuspidor US, gaboon, pigdan dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A receptacle for spit (saliva); especially, one used by people using chewing tobacco or snuff.

Related words

Other spellings
spitoon

Forms

Plural
spittoons → spit-cups, cuspidors, gaboons, pigdans…

Example sentences

  • gaboon Gaboon vipers have unique horns on the tip of their noses.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
spittoonrising
gaboonfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
gaboon, pigdan
8 letters
cuspidor