spitting
noun
- force saliva out of the mouth
- The act of ejecting something from the mouth literally or figuratively as in expressing unpleasant or malicious feelings.
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈspɪtɪŋ/
noun
- expectoration
“Four brothers of the name of Smith, died with black spitting; all of them were stone-workers.”
- 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.
verb
- present participle and gerund of spit