spitting

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spitting

/ˈspɪtɪŋ/

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noun spittings

archaic expectoration Four brothers of the name of Smith, died with black spitting; all of them were stone-workers.
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.
Similar: sprouting

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of spit

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: expectoration, exspuition, breathing, ringer, portrait, picture, profile, sketch, portrayal, cobra, expectorating, sputtering, gobbing, hocking, hawking, ejecting

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@misc{spitting_2026,
  title = {spitting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spitting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}