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spitting blood

spitting blood is the present participle and gerund of spit blood.

Meaning of spit blood

Verb

spit blood (third-person singular simple present spits blood, present participle spitting blood, simple past and past participle spat blood or spit blood)

  1. To show great anger or contempt, namely in speaking.
    • ...“But at the magistrate’s court he pleaded complete ignorance of the bank job—and the magistrate refused to commit him on that charge, and all he went up for was the car theft.... But why am I telling you all this? You damn near spat blood at the time, and so did I.”...1969, Douglas Leach, chapter 4, in The Big Boys, Robert Hale, page 29

Questions about spitting blood

What is spitting blood the present participle and gerund of?
Spitting blood is the present participle and gerund of spit blood.

Words near spitting blood in the dictionary

  1. spitteth
  2. spittin'
  3. spittin' image
  4. spittin' images
  5. spitting
  6. spitting blood
  7. spitting box
  8. spitting boxes
  9. spitting cobra
  10. spitting cobras
  11. spitting distance

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