spit-take
n.— «“I admire men like you, Mr. Heller.” I almost did a spit take. “Me?”» —by Max Allan Collins Stolen Away May 1, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Juice in Genoa, New York, remembers her mother used to say I am so mad I could spit nickels. It’s one of several variations on the idea of being angry enough to spit, period, or to spit something specific, such as spit tacks, spit nails, spit...
Victoria from Tallahassee, Florida, weighs in on our discussion about terms for an extremely quick bath. When Victoria was young, her great-great grandmother from Poland, when checking if Victoria had indeed washed herself, would ask...