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verb
- 1. eject saliva forcibly from one's mouth, sometimes as a gesture of contempt or anger: "Todd spit in Hugh's face" Similar
- 2. (of a fire or something being cooked) emit small bursts of sparks or hot fat with a series of short, explosive noises: "the bonfire crackled and spat" Similar
noun
- 1. saliva, typically that which has been ejected from a person's mouth.
- 2. an act of spitting.
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(Definition of spitting from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of spitting. spitting. Crowded housing, the sewage system, and such dubious practices as spitting and throwing rubbish out of high-rise apartment buildings came under the spotlight. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
to force out the contents of the mouth, especially saliva: Bob Ewell spat contemptuously right in the lawyer's face. He spat the meat out in disgust. They bought watermelons and ate them as they walked, spitting out the seeds. [ I or T ] literary. to say or shout words quickly and angrily: [ + speech ] "Get out!"
n. 1. Saliva, especially when expectorated; spittle. 2. The act of expectorating. 3. Something, such as the frothy secretion of spittle bugs, that resembles spit. 4. A brief, scattered rainfall or snowfall.
6 days ago · noun. the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) synonyms: expectoration, spit. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Spitting." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/spitting. Accessed 11 Jul. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles. loading examples... Word Family. spitting.
(ˈspɪtɪŋ ) noun. the act of ejecting saliva from one's mouth. 'No swearing, no spitting, no fighting' Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'spitting' in a sentence. spitting.
noun. a pointed rod or bar for thrusting through and holding meat that is to be cooked before or over a fire. any of various rods, pins, or the like used for particular purposes. a narrow point of land projecting into the water. a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore.
From National Geographic. Sunday, spitting out an ash cloud that rose to 20,000 feet. From NBCNews.com. He has become famous for spitting out food onscreen. From TIME. The computer was spitting out train schedules to the moon; he couldn't make sense of it. From Wired. If anyone is spitting up, they want it to be them. From CNN.
