Spitting
/ˈspɪtɪŋ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 expectoration archaic
"Four brothers of the name of Smith, died with black spitting; all of them were stone-workers."
- 2 the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) wordnet
- 3 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. uncountable
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of spit form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"The penalty for spitting is five pounds."