Meaning

2 senses
  1. (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.

  2. (archaic)Expectoration

More definitions
  • the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

Forms

plural: spittings
Singularspitting

uncountable

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

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