Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "spitting" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Causes

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 offending other people others to offended people disgusted people to angry

Derived Terms

spitting box spitting mad

Inflected/Variant Forms

spit

Context

medicine

Prerequisites

phlegm saliva saliva nd mouth spit spittle

Subevents

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 slap yourself for being pig stuff coming out of mouth

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ejection expulsion forcing out projection

Type Of (IsA)

bodily function event dirty habit emission of object precipitation process

Related Terms

cool expectoration oxygen platinum silver spit

Synonym Network

spit

Used For

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 removing chewing tobacco showing disgust showing hatred

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.