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spittling

spittling is the present participle and gerund of spittle.

Meaning of spittle

Verb

spittle (third-person singular simple present spittles, present participle spittling, simple past and past participle spittled)

  1. To dig or stir with a small spade.

See all 6 meanings of spittle

Questions about spittling

What is spittling the present participle and gerund of?
Spittling is the present participle and gerund of spittle.

Words near spittling in the dictionary

  1. spittlebugs
  2. spittled
  3. Spittler
  4. Spittlers
  5. spittles
  6. spittling
  7. spittly
  8. spittoon
  9. spittoons
  10. spitty
  11. spitwad

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spittling (page history and authors); spittle (page history and authors). 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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