noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   expectoration archaic

   "Four brothers of the name of Smith, died with black spitting; all of them were stone-workers."

2. 2
   the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) wordnet
3. 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. 1
   present participle and gerund of spit form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

clackclickcrackcrackleexpectorationsizzling

Example

More examples

"The penalty for spitting is five pounds."

Related phrases

spitting boxspitting mad

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