spitting

Noun
US[spit-ing]/ˈspɪtɪŋ/2 syllables
Synonyms: spitexpectoration

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)Synonyms: spitexpectorationType of expulsion, projection

Related words spew verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“spitting” is listed under Spit.

Spit transitive verb [past tense & past participle Spitted; present participle & verbal noun Spitting.]

Origin: From Spit, noun; cf. Speet.

1. To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal. “Infants spitted upon pikes.” William Shakespeare

2. To spade; to dig. dialect (England)

Spit transitive verb [past tense & past participle Spit (Spat, archaic); present participle & verbal noun Spitting.]

Origin: AS. spittan; akin to G. spützen, Dan. spytte, Sw. spotta,Icel. sp…ta, and prob. E. spew. The past tense spat is due to AS. sp…tte, from sp…tan to spit. Cf. Spat, noun, Spew, Spawl, Spot, noun

1. To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth. “Thus spit I out my venom.” Geoffrey Chaucer

2. To eject; to throw out; to belch.

☞ Spitted was sometimes used as the preterit and the past participle. “He... shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on.” Luke xviii. 32.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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