spitting

spitting
    n 1: the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn:
         {spit}, {spitting}, {expectoration}]
    

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., {Spew}, {Spawl}, {Spot}, n.]
   1. To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other
      matter, from the mouth. "Thus spit I out my venom."
      --Chaucer.
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   2. To eject; to throw out; to belch.
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   Note: Spitted was sometimes used as the preterit and the past
         participle. "He . . . shall be mocked, and spitefully
         entreated, and spitted on." --Luke xviii. 32.
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Spit \Spit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Spitting}.] [From {Spit}, n.; cf. {Speet}.]
   1. To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to
      thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.
      "Infants spitted upon pikes." --Shak.
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   2. To spade; to dig. [Prov. Eng.]
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