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spitting nails

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

Meaning of spit nails

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To speak or sputter in a very angry manner.
    • [O]ne thing about Aunt Jenny gets me so mad I could spit nails.1965 September 6, Ann Landers, “Exception is Acknowledged”, in Spokane Daily Chronicle, retrieved 22 Nov 2013, page 17

Questions about spitting nails

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

Words near spitting nails in the dictionary

  1. spitting images
  2. spitting in someone's face
  3. spitting in the wind
  4. spitting it out
  5. spitting mad
  6. spitting nails
  7. spitting on
  8. spitting out
  9. spitting spider
  10. spitting spiders
  11. spitting straight facts

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