'Spitting' definitions:
Definition of 'spitting'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn: spit, spitting, expectoration]
Definition of 'Spitting'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To spade; to dig. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spitting'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To eject; to throw out; to belch. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]