noun
Meaning 1
expectoration
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spitting
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/ˈspɪtɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɪtɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: S P IH1 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sprouting
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of spit
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spit, expectoration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out
History
Etymology
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Real reading context