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Spitting

verb
/ˈspɪtɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 1.2

Definitions

1.verbTo impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
"to spit a loin of veal"
2.verbTo use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.
"She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen."
3.verbTo evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
4.verbTo emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.
"a hot pan spitting droplets of fat"
5.verbTo utter (something) violently.
6.verb(hip-hop) To rap, to utter.
7.verbTo make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.
8.verbTo dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.
9.verbTo plant (something) using a spade.
10.verbTo dig, to spade.
11.nounExpectoration
12.nounAn 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.

Synonyms

expectoratedelvesproutingexpectorationexspuitionbreathingringerportraitpictureprofilesketchportrayal

Rhymes With

unwittingunremittingflittingbefittingsplittingemittingquittingknitting
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