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spottings

spottings is the plural of spotting.

Meaning of spotting

Noun

spotting (plural spottings)

  1. A spotted pattern.
    • Symptoms consist of various foliage spottings and blotchings.1954, Thomas H. Everett, The American Gardener's Book of Bulbs, page 161
  2. The act of spotting or sighting something.
    • Although the NVA went to great lengths to conceal the locations of their artillery, they had to expose them at the time of firing. Less reliable than visual spottings were electronic intercepts […]2009, “Close Air Support and the Battle for Khe Sanh”, in Marine Corps, US, page 100
  3. Vaginal spotting, the discharge of blood from the vagina at a time outside of one's usual menses.
    • Subchorionic bleeding […] can cause light to heavy spotting but doesn't always (sometimes it is only detected during a routine ultrasound).2008, Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel, What to Expect When You're Expecting: 4th Edition, page 138

Questions about spottings

What is spottings the plural of?
Spottings is the plural of spotting.

Words near spottings in the dictionary

  1. spottiness
  2. spottinesses
  3. spotting
  4. spotting scope
  5. spotting scopes
  6. spottings
  7. spottish
  8. spottle
  9. spottles
  10. spotto
  11. spottos

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