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spetting

spetting is the present participle and gerund of spet.

Meaning of spet

Verb

spet (third-person singular simple present spets, present participle spetting, simple past and past participle spetted)

  1. To spit; to throw out.
    • the dragon […]spets her thickest gloom1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...

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Questions about spetting

What is spetting the present participle and gerund of?
Spetting is the present participle and gerund of spet.

Words near spetting in the dictionary

  1. Spetsai
  2. Spetse
  3. Spetses
  4. Spetsnaz
  5. spetted
  6. spetting
  7. spettle
  8. spetum
  9. spetums
  10. Spetznaz
  11. speuchan

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