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- noun Alternative spelling of
spit take .
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Examples
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By our count the record holder for most movie spit-takes is Brendan Fraser with three two in "Monkeybone," one more in "The Mummy", while Arsenio Hall has the rare distinction of being the only actor to perform a spit-take in direct response to a character also played by Arsenio Hall.
WATCH: The Ultimate Movie Spit-Take Reel Ben Craw 2011
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Without further ado, we invite you to come along and join us as we spit-take our way through the movies!
WATCH: The Ultimate Movie Spit-Take Reel Ben Craw 2011
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Three times now, she's done something that just made me do a spit-take and then, without a beat, a heartbreaking moment.
Cynthia Ellis: William H. Macy Goes for Broke (and Drunk) in Showtime's Shameless Cynthia Ellis 2011
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Jack Brawn has the honor of owning the first spit-take committed to celluloid with 1906's "Dream of a Rarebit Fiend" check out the 2:31 mark, and since then the spit-take tradition has been proudly carried on by such luminaries as Gene Wilder, Jeff Goldblum, and the nerdy kid from "Can't Hardly Wait".
WATCH: The Ultimate Movie Spit-Take Reel Ben Craw 2011
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Scientists everywhere are doing a spit-take at those words.
October 15th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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Three times now, she's done something that just made me do a spit-take and then, without a beat, a heartbreaking moment.
Cynthia Ellis: William H. Macy Goes for Broke (and Drunk) in Showtime's Shameless Cynthia Ellis 2011
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The situation demanded a spit-take, but this was a nice restaurant, and I was sitting directly across from the two innocent widows.
How to Write Like a Cartoonist Scott Adams 2010
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I used this method again when I said of my aborted spit-take, "I don't remember much after that."
How to Write Like a Cartoonist Scott Adams 2010
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Jack Brawn has the honor of owning the first spit-take committed to celluloid with 1906's "Dream of a Rarebit Fiend" check out the 2:31 mark, and since then the spit-take tradition has been proudly carried on by such luminaries as Gene Wilder, Jeff Goldblum, and the nerdy kid from "Can't Hardly Wait".
WATCH: The Ultimate Movie Spit-Take Reel Ben Craw 2011
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