spitting

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪtɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪtɪŋ

spitting

1. present participle and gerund of spit

spitting (plural spittings)

1. (chiefly archaic, medicine) expectoration
   • 1837, James Johnson, The Medico-chirurgical review: Volume 31, page 44:

     Four brothers of the name of Smith, died with black spitting; all of them were stone-workers.

2. (uncountable) 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.

   Synonym: sprouting

• spitting box
• spitting mad

• pittings