Spitting Image Definition

noun
A perfect likeness or exact image.
A son who is the spitting image of his father.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Spitting Image

Noun

Singular:
spitting image
Plural:
spitting-images

Origin of Spitting Image

  • Probably from alteration of spitten dialectal past participle of spit the close resemblance of one person to another being likened in folk sayings to the former person having been spat out of the latter's mouth

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Alteration of spit and image.

    From Wiktionary

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