spitting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spitting	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for spitting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spitting n the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn: spit, spitting, expectoration]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spit \Spit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spit} ({Spat}, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spitting}.] [AS. spittan; akin to G. sp[81]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. [bd]Thus spit I out my venom.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Infants spitted upon pikes.[b8] --Shak. 2. To spade; to dig. [Prov. Eng.]