spitting
/ˈspɪtɪŋ/
spitting noun: expectoration. Also the present participle and gerund of spit.
Noun
spitting (plural spittings)
- expectoration
- Four brothers of the name of Smith, died with black spitting; all of them were stone-workers.1837, James Johnson, The Medico-chirurgical review: Volume 31, page 44
- An 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:
- sprouting
Also used as
spitting is also the present participle and gerund of spit.
spitting meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Telugu and Kannada
spitting in Tamil
- துப்புதல், துப்புவது
spitting in Marathi
- थुंकणे, थुंकता येणे
spitting in Telugu
- ఉమ్మివేయడం, ఉమ్మి వేయడం
spitting in Kannada
- ಉಗುಳುವುದು
More languagesFewer languages
- spitting in Punjabi
- ਥੁੱਕਣਾ, ਥੁੱਕਣ
- spitting in Gujarati
- થૂંકવું
- spitting in Odia
- ଛେପ ପକାଇବା, ଥୁଥୁଛି
Synonyms of spitting
Forms of spitting
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more spitting |
| superlative | most spitting |
| Noun | |
| plural | spittings |
Words formed from spitting
Phrases with spitting
- spitting on
- spitting up
- spitting out
- spitting fire
- spitting blood
- spitting boxes
- spitting cobra
- spitting facts
- spitting image
- spitting nails
- spitting tacks
- spitting cobras
15 more phrasesFewer phrases
- spitting images
- spitting it out
- spitting spider
- spitting spiders
- spitting distance
- spitting feathers
- spitting distances
- spitting the dummy
- spitting in the wind
- spitting straight facts
- Equatorial spitting cobra
- Equatorial spitting cobras
- spitting in someone's face
- chewing up and spitting out
- chewing the meat and spitting out the bones
Words that rhyme with spitting
Questions about spitting
- What does spitting mean?
- Spitting means expectoration.
- What is spitting in Tamil?
- Spitting in Tamil is துப்புதல், துப்புவது. See Spitting meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is spitting?
- Spitting is a noun.
- How do you pronounce spitting?
- Spitting is pronounced /ˈspɪtɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of spitting?
- The plural of spitting is spittings.
Words near spitting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: spitting (page history and authors); spitting (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spitting (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spitting (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spitting (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spitting (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spitting (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spitting (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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