spitting image

A perfect likeness or counterpart.

[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; see spit¹.]

spitting image

Informal a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another, esp to a relative Also called spit spit and image

[modification of spit and image, from spit¹ (as in the phrase the very spit of, the exact likeness of (someone))]

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spitting image - a perfect likeness or counterpart

alikeness, likeness, similitude - similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness"

spitting image

noun double, lookalike, (dead) ringer (slang), picture, spit (informal, chiefly Brit.), clone, replica, likeness, living image, spit and image (informal) Nina looks the spitting image of Sissy Spacek.

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The patterns include "positive repetition" such as Dafydd's "only gay in the village" catchphrase and "scale"- like the big features on Spitting Image puppets.

ONLY 8 WAYS TO MAKE US LAUGH by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)

SPITTING IMAGE SERIES 5 Ever since the series ended, the worlds of politics, media and royalty have been free of the caustic eye of the Spitting Image writers, puppeteers and voice over actors.

Staying in: OUT ON DVD by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

This week, to celebrate the DVD release of the award-winning ITV comedy Spitting Image - The Complete Second Series, out on Monday July 28 courtesy of Network DVD, we have a huge 52in Samsung LCD TV and a Samsung home cinema system up for grabs.

52in SAMSUNG LCD TV TO BE WON PLUS A FANTASTIC HOME CINEMA SYSTEM AND ... by The Mirror (London, England)