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Spitting

/ˈspɪtɪŋ/

To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.

📖 Definitions of "Spitting"

verb

1
To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
"to spit a loin of veal"
2
To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.
"She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen."

verb

1
To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
2
To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.
"a hot pan spitting droplets of fat"
3
To utter (something) violently.
4
(hip-hop) To rap, to utter.

verb

noun

1
Expectoration
2
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.

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
spitverb	A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
expectorationnoun	(physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
expectorationnoun	(physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
exspuitionnoun	(obsolete) The act of spitting.
breathingnoun	Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.
ringernoun	(sports) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
portraitverb	(obsolete) To portray; to draw.
pictureverb	(transitive) To depict or describe vividly.
profileverb	(transitive) To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).
sketchverb	(ambitransitive) To make a brief, basic drawing.
portrayalnoun	The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
cobranoun	Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Naja.
expectoratingverb	(ambitransitive) To spit.
sputteringnoun	A noise that sputters.
gobbingnoun	(mining) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal; gob stuff.
hockingnoun	A river, the Hocking River in Ohio, United States, a tributary of the Ohio River.
hawkingnoun	Action of the verb to hawk.
ejectingverb	(transitive) To throw out or remove forcefully.
disgorgingnoun	The act of something being disgorged.
spewingnoun	Material spewed or vomited.
spurtingnoun	The act of something that spurts.
spatteringnoun	Something spattered.