Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spitting

/ˈspɪtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: spit-ting
IPA: /ˈspɪtɪŋ/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic

noun

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.

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of spit

Example Sentences

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

more spitting (comparative) most spitting (superlative) spittings (plural)

Derived Forms

spittingly

Phrases

spitting box spitting mad

Synonyms

sprouting spit expectoration

Rhymes With

sitting hitting fitting committing admitting splitting quitting submitting permitting knitting transmitting shitting

Questions

How do you pronounce spitting?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈspɪtɪŋ/.
What does spitting mean?: expectoration

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