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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn: spit , expectoration ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spit \Spit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spit ( Spat , archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. Spitting .] [AS. spittan; akin to G. sp["u]tzen, Dan. spytte, Sw. spotta,Icel. sp?ta, and prob. E. spew. The past tense spat is due to AS. sp?tte, from sp?tan to spit. Cf. Spat , n., ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Spitting is the act of forcibly ejecting saliva or other substances from the mouth. It is currently considered rude and a social taboo in many parts of the world including the West , while in some other parts of the world it is considered more socially ...
Usage examples of spitting.
Sure enough, this was the case inNogales: within spitting distance of the border a chemist was advertising amoxycillin and ampicillin at 35 per cent discount.
Mistress Anan was death on anybody spitting on her floors, or tossing bones, or even tapping out a pipe.
Barbarians were confounded by the image of their own patience and the masculine females, spitting in the faces of their sons and husbands, most bitterly reproached them for betraying their dominion and freedom to these pygmies of the south, contemptible in their numbers, diminutive in their stature.
American blurted passionately, spitting a mouthful of blood and broken enamel onto the floor.
But, as she spoke, a black-jowled fellow laughed, And, spitting, tripped her with out-thrust pike-shaft, That down she fell and wailed most piteously, Whereat the brawny fellows laughed all three.
Though Bray had practiced many times the act of spitting it out, he still gagged as he belched it forth.
On the cover was the stenciled outline of a fire extinguisher spitting bullets through its nozzle.
Looking about in the antechamber, I failed to see Locusta until she stormed at me from the shadow of a pillar, spitting all sorts of obscene oaths.
If the side shields on his drive massor that of one of his enemiesfailed, those black holes could crunch him up without even spitting out his bones.
Bernath of Amalgamated Mining was in midstream, spitting water and wading one way while her horse went in the other.
He and Hannibal were having supper outside the open doors of the kitchen when Shaw appeared in the passway and loafed across the yard to them, spitting to bacco as he came.
Another sip as he pondered and prioritized the next three thoughts, without spitting.
Christmas bob-fleshy with raisiny eyes, and hissing and spitting talk.
He smoked with lips protruding, spitting every moment, recoiling at every puff.
American soldiers were fighting to defend American values and rescue a brother nation from Communist aggression-and here were fellow Americans spitting on them, reviling them.