spitting

/หˆspษชtษชล‹/

IPA: /S P IH1 T IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

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

    โ€œto spit a loin of vealโ€

  2. 2

    To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.

    โ€œSheโ€™s spitting the roast in the kitchen.โ€

verb
  1. 1

    To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

  2. 2

    To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.

    โ€œa hot pan spitting droplets of fatโ€

  3. 3

    To utter (something) violently.

  4. 4

    (hip-hop) To rap, to utter.

  5. 5

    To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.

Synonyms

verb
  1. 1

    To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.

  2. 2

    To plant (something) using a spade.

  3. 3

    To dig, to spade.

    syn:delve

Synonyms

noun
  1. 1

    Expectoration

  2. 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.

Synonyms

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spit, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spitting