SPITTING

spit, spitting, expectoration

(noun) the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

SPIT

spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue

(verb) expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; “The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer”

spit, spit out

(verb) utter with anger or contempt

skewer, spit

(verb) drive a skewer through; “skewer the meat for the BBQ”

sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter

(verb) rain gently; “It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

spitting

present participle of spit

Noun

spitting (plural spittings)

(chiefly, archaic, medicine) expectoration

(uncountable) An appearance on the surface of melted silver or platinum allowed to cool slowly, jets of oxygen forming small cones and sometimes throwing up drops of molten metal.

Synonym: sprouting

Anagrams

• pittings

Source: Wiktionary

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SPIT

Spit, n. Etym: [OE. spite, AS. spitu; akin to D. spit, G. spiess, OHG. spiz, Dan. spid. Sw. spett, and to G. spitz pointed. sq. root170.]

1. A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.

2. A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand. Cook.

3. The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Spit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spitting.] Etym: [From Spit, n.; cf. Speet.]

1. To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal. "Infants spitted upon pikes." Shak.

2. To spade; to dig. [Prov. Eng.]

Spit, v. i.

Definition: To attend to a spit; to use a spit. [Obs.] She's spitting in the kitchen. Old Play.

Spit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spit (Spat, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. Spitting.] Etym: [AS. spittan; akin to G. spützen, Dan. spytte, Sw. spotta,Icel. sp, and prob. E. spew. The past tense spat is due to AS. sp, from sp to spit. Cf. Spat, n., Spew, Spawl, Spot, n.]

1. To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth. "Thus spit I out my venom." Chaucer.

2. To eject; to throw out; to belch.

Note: Spitted was sometimes used as the preterit and the past participle. "He . . . shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on." Luke xviii. 32.

Spit, n.

Definition: The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.

Spit, v. i.

1. To throw out saliva from the mouth.

2. To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles. It had been spitting with rain. Dickens. To spit on or upon, to insult grossly; to treat with contempt. "Spitting upon all antiquity." South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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