Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected.
Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
An ironic statement.
Of or pertaining to the metal iron.
The food had an irony taste to it.
Saliva, especially when expectorated.
An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.
Synonym of slam (“card game”)
A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
A person who exactly resembles someone else (usually in set phrases; see spitting image).
A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.
The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.
The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.
To dig, to spade.
To utter (something) violently.
To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.
To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.
To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
To rap, to utter.
To plant (something) using a spade.
(in the form spitting) To spit facts; to tell the truth.
To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth.
To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.
To rain or snow slightly.