Spitting

//ˈspɪtɪŋ//

Synonyms for "spitting" (11 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

clack click crack

Strong matches (3)

crackle sizzling

Noun(1 words)

expectoration

Related words (5)

snap snapping spit

Noun(2 words)

spit sprouting

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

4 entries

ejection expulsion forcing out projection

Synonyms

1 entries

spit

causes

20 entries

annoyment disease disgust disgusting others fights get arrested get dehydrated mouth getting spit on clothes girls won't like gross gross out friends logs fit fireplace loogie make ground wet mouth to dry out offending

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derived

2 entries

spitting box spitting mad

form of

1 entries

spit

has context

1 entries

medicine

has prerequisite

5 entries

phlegm saliva saliva nd mouth spit spittle

has subevent

18 entries

chewing tobacco clear throat disgust everyone around disgust others dribble expel saliva from mouth lean out window lean over look away towards ground look like big hick making noise might offend offend offending onlookers other people looking disgusted run water

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is a

4 entries

bodily function event dirty habit emission of object precipitation process

related to

6 entries

cool expectoration oxygen platinum silver spit

used for

19 entries

avoiding bad tasting things baseball players being rude clearing mouth of undesirable things clearing ones throat getting baseball wet getting out of mouth getting rid of bad tast getting rid of excess spit getting rid of phlem getting rid of saliva getting wet grossing people out insulting people pigs rednecks

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The penalty for spitting is five pounds.

Source: tatoeba (39799)

This is the spitting image of the real thing, perfectly true to life.

Source: tatoeba (55591)

He is the spitting image of his father.

Source: tatoeba (965829)

Remember "Wacky Races"? Watch the US primary, it's its spitting image!

Source: tatoeba (1055807)

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