"spitting" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspɪtɪŋ/ Forms: spittings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} spitting (plural spittings)
  1. (chiefly archaic, medicine) expectoration Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-spitting-en-noun-Us7Ox~m- Topics: medicine, sciences
  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. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: sprouting
    Sense id: en-spitting-en-noun-nr3CR3rh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 80 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 80 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 87 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spitting box, spitting mad

Verb

IPA: /ˈspɪtɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɪtɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} spitting
  1. present participle and gerund of spit Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: spit
    Sense id: en-spitting-en-verb-3h40LfDY

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "ipa": "/ˈspɪtɪŋ/"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "spitting"
}

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        }
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        ],
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        ]
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        "(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."
      ],
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    },
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    }
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪtɪŋ",
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      ],
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  ],
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    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "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."
      ],
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          "silver",
          "silver"
        ],
        [
          "platinum",
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        ],
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          "cool",
          "cool"
        ],
        [
          "oxygen",
          "oxygen"
        ]
      ],
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        "(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."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sprouting"
        }
      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈspɪtɪŋ/"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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