2syllables
spitting
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Definitions ofspitting
1verb
- To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
Example: "to spit a loin of veal"
- To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.
Example: "She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen."
1verb
- To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
Synonyms: expectorate
- To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.
Example: "a hot pan spitting droplets of fat"
- To utter (something) violently.
- (hip-hop) To rap, to utter.
- To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.
1verb
- To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.
- To plant (something) using a spade.
- To dig, to spade.
Synonyms: delve
1noun
- 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.
Synonyms: sprouting
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