Spitting

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  • v. Present participle of spit.
  • n. expectoration
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or practice of expectoration.
  • n. An appearance seen on the surface of silver which has been melted in considerable quantity and then allowed to cool slowly, protuberances like miniature volcanic cones being formed just as the surface of the metal begins to solidify, through the orifices of which oxygen gas escapes, sometimes with sufficient violence to throw out bits of the molten metal.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    spat    spits    spitted    spitting   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rain down    rain    spit out    expectorate    cough out   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    spitted    spat    spitting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spade    spadeful    dig    eject    belch   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brit    Grit    Kit    Pitt    Pritt   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    saliva    spurt    hiss    fang    reef