spitting

Meanings

Plural: spittings

Noun

• the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
• expectoration
• 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.

Verb

• expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
• utter with anger or contempt
• rain gently
• drive a skewer through
• present participle and gerund of spit

Synonyms

expectoration, patter, pitter-patter, ptyalise, ptyalize, skewer, spatter, spew, spit, spit out, sprinkle, sprouting, spue