noun
spit
Someone who looks exactly like another person.
With those dark curls, she is the very spit of her mother.
Etymology
Spit developed as a colloquial name for an exact likeness, familiar in the expression the very spit of someone. Its precise historical explanation is uncertain.
More examples
- Even as a baby, he was the spit of his grandfather.
- In that old photo, Dad is the very spit of my brother.
- Everyone says the little girl is the spit of her aunt.
Forms
spit
Similar words
- double
- Someone whose appearance closely matches another person's.
- lookalike
- Someone who strongly resembles another, without necessarily looking identical.