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Spitting

Definition: Spitting

Spitting

Noun

1. The act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "spitting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Spitting

DomainDefinition

Dream Interpretation

To dream of spitting, denotes unhappy terminations of seemingly auspicious undertakings. For some one to spit on you, foretells disagreements and alienation of affections. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Mining

A. Lighting the fuse for a blast. b. An action of or appearance on the surface of slowly cooled, large masses of melted silver or platinum, in which the crust is forcibly perforated by jets of oxygen, often carrying with them drops of moltenmetal. Also called sprouting. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Spitting

Synonyms: expectoration (n), spit (n). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: sizzled (physics), spitted (physics).

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Crosswords: Spitting

English words defined with "spitting": Excreable, Excreate, Excreation, expectoration, Exspuitionspit, splutter, spluttering, Sputation, Sputative, sputter, sputtering. (references)
Specialty definitions using "spitting": horkingSpitting for Luck, strain bursttchesa stick, Teeth. (references)

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Modern Usage: Spitting

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You know, you're the spitting image of the Aberdeen strangler (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

And I come back to the world and I see all those maggots at the airport, protesting me, spitting. Calling me baby killer and all kinds of crap (First Blood; writing credit: David Morrell; Michael Kozoll)

About the same as spitting in an Air Commodore's eye from an express train, sir. (Mosquito Squadron; writing credit: Joyce Perry; Donald S. Sanford)

You're not worth spitting on (The Twelve Chairs; writing credit: Mel Brooks; Elizabeth Hill)

Not without spitting. --Well, sir, I have spent sixteen years, and every penny I have, sir, tracking this man down, and at last I have found him (The Cheap Detective; writing credit: Neil Simon)

Lyrics

Spitting off the top (My Way Out; performing artist: Usher)

Movie/TV Titles

Spitting Image: Down and Out in the White House (1986)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Spitting

DomainTitle

Books

  • Leon and the Spitting Image (reference)

  • Spitting Images (reference)

  • Spitting in the Wind: The True Story Behind the Violent Legacy of the Black Panther Party (reference)

  • Spitting Off Tall Buildings (reference)

  • Spitting on the Couch: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Profound Disability (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Spitting Image: Music Video (reference)

  • The Crocodile Hunter - Spitting Cobras of the World (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Spitting

Computer Images:
Spitting

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Photo Album: Spitting

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Spitting Cone lava formation. Credit: Unknown.

"Loaded Down -- Seaman Leroy Kellam ... weighted down with belts of 20 millimeter cannon ammunition, hustles up the flight deck of USS Essex to load a waiting Banshee fighter. These same shells were spitting death at the Communists in North Korea a short time after this picture was taken." Photograph and caption were released by Commander, Naval Forces, Far East under date of 12 October 1951. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Spitting".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Ahem; hem; spitting; spit.Ahem; hem; spitting; spit.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Spitting

TitleAuthorQuote

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

He turned aside and made the act of spitting.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The frying pan of potatoes was hissing and spitting over the fire

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Spitting

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Cuba

At the time, he was spitting blood because of a nodule on his lung. (references)

Travel

Singapore

Visitors should be aware of Singapore's strict laws and penalties for a variety of offences that might be considered minor in the United States, including jaywalking, littering and spitting, as well as the importation and sale of chewing gum. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Spitting

"Spitting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 75.20% of the time. "Spitting" is used about 250 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)75.2%18822,417
Adjective (general or positive)11.2%2865,706
Noun (proper)10.8%2766,962
Noun (singular)2.4%6143,867
Noun (common)0.4%1339,140
                    Total100.00%250N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Spitting

Expressions using "spitting": be spitting it is spitting spitting blood spitting cobra spitting image spitting prohibited spitting snake. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "spitting": blood-spitting, fire-spitting, tobacco-spitting, tooth-spitting, vitrio-spitting.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Spitting

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

spitting

138

dom fem spitting

6

kind of like spitting

38

bite biting spit spitting whip

6

cobra spitting

30

black cobra spitting

5

spitting image

24

infant spitting up

5

kind of like spitting lyrics

20

kind like spitting tab

4

blood spitting up

20

spitting video

4

fetish spitting

20

b glass spitting star

4

baby spitting up

18

sex spitting

4

cum spitting

18

contest seed spitting watermelon

4

spider spitting

10

camel spitting

4

cobras spitting

9

fire spitting

4

blood spitting

9

gargoyle spitting

4

girl spitting

9

face sitting spitting trample

4

spitting up

9

game spitting

3

boy spitting

9

pussy spitting

3

female spitting

8

spitting fountain

3

face spitting

8

in public spitting

3

cobra red spitting

7

cock spitting

3

spitting woman

6

chewing spitting

3

mistress slave spitting

6

mistress spitting

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Spitting

Language Translations for "spitting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

pështypje (splutter). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏بصق (expectorate, shell out, spit, splutter, sputter). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

分散 (Dispersed, Disperser, Distract, Distracted, Distracting, sporadic, Sporadical). (various references)

   

Czech

  

mrholí (it is spitting, it mizzles). (various references)

   

Danish

  

skratten (buzz, crackle, fizzing, screeching, sizzle, sizzling, sputtering), zinksproejt (blowing), knasen (contact noise, crackle, fizzing, frying, frying noise, sizzle, sizzling, sputtering). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zinkspatten, geknetter (crackle, fizzing, sizzle, sizzling, sputtering). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sylky, raksahdus (buzz, fizzing, sizzle, sizzling, sputtering). (various references)

   

French

  

projection (spatter, splash, splatter), friture (sputtering), crachement (spit), crépitement (sputter), éclaboussure (spatter, splash, splatter). (various references)

   

German

  

spuckend (spewing), speiend, Zinkspritzer, Knistern (crackle, to crackle), Knistergeräusche (fizzing, sizzle, sizzling, sputtering), Knallen (bang, belt, blaze, click, crack, explode, fire, flop, misfire, misfiring, pop, ring out, slam, slap, slug, to bang), Kancken (fizzing, sizzle, sizzling, sputtering). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πτύσιμο, φτύσιμο (spit), ουριγμός κατά την καύση (fizzing, sizzle, sizzling, sputtering), ψεκασμός ψευδαργύρου. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

יריק" (expectoration, spit), רקיק". (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

köpködés (expectoration, splutter). (various references)

   

Italian

  

spruzzo (dribble, splash, sprinkle). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ittingspay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

projecção (ejection, gunning, projection). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

выделение мокроты, отхаркивание (expectoration), плевать плевание. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

pljuvanje (spit, spittle). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

salpicadura (plash, spatter, splash, splatter, sprinkle, sprinkling), proyección (projection, screening, showing, transparency), crepitados (fizzing, sizzle, sizzling, sputtering), chisporroteos (fizzing, sizzle, sizzling, sputtering), chasquidos (fizzing, sizzle, sizzling, sputtering). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sprak (crackling, fizzing, sizzle, sizzling, sputtering), knaster (scrunch). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tükürme (expectoration, spit), tüküren. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người giống hệt (spitting image). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Spitting

LanguageDateSourceIsaiah Chapter 50, Verse 6
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintTon nwton mou dedwka eiV mastigaV taV de siagonaV mou eiV rapismata to de proswpon mou ouk apestreya apo aiscunhV emptusmatwn
Latin405VulgateCorpus meum dedi percutientibus et genas meas vellentibus faciem meam non averti ab increpantibus et conspuentibus
Middle English1395WyclifMy bodi I yaf to the smyteres, and my chekes to the pulleris; my face I turnede not awei fro the blameres, and the spitteres in me.
Jacobean English1611King JamesI gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Victorian English1833WebsterI gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Basic English1964OgdenI was offering my back to those who gave me blows, and my face to those who were pulling out my hair: I did not keep my face covered from marks of shame.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Spitting

LanguageIsaiah Chapter 50, Verse 6
CebuanoAko naghatag sa akong likod sa mga maghahampak, ug sa akong mga aping kanila nga nanag-ibut sa buhok; wala nako tagoi ang akong nawong gikan sa kaulaw ug pagluwa.
Chinese人 " 我 的 背 、 我 任 他 " . 人 " 我 腮 的 鬍 鬚 、 我 " 他 " . 人 辱 我 吐 我 、 我 並 不 掩 面 。
CroatianLeða podmetnuh onima što me udarahu, a obraze onima što mi bradu èupahu, i lica svojeg ne zaklonih od uvreda ni od pljuvanja.
Danishmin Ryg bød jeg frem til Hug, mit Skæg til at rives, mit Ansigt skjulte jeg ikke for Hån og Spyt.
DutchIk geef Mijn rug dengenen, die Mij slaan, en Mijn wangen dengenen, die Mij het haar uitplukken; Mijn aangezicht verberg Ik niet voor smaadheden en speeksel.
FinnishSelkäni minä annoin lyötäväksi, poskieni parran revittäväksi, en peittänyt kasvojani pilkalta ja syljeltä.
FrenchJ`ai livré mon dos ceux qui me frappaient, Et mes joues ceux qui m`arrachaient la barbe; Je n`ai pas dérobé mon visage Aux ignominies et aux crachats.
GermanIch hielt meinen Rücken dar denen, die mich schlugen, und meine Wangen denen, die mich rauften; mein Angesicht verbarg ich nicht vor Schmach und Speichel.
Haitian CreoleMwen pare do m' bay moun k'ap bat mwen yo. Mwen lonje figi m' bay moun k'ap rache bab mwen yo. Mwen pa kache figi m' lè y'ap joure m', lè y'ap krache sou mwen.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKuberi punggungku kepada orang yang memukul aku; dan pipiku kepada orang yang mencabut jenggotku. Aku tidak memalingkan mukaku waktu aku dihina dan diludahi.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBahwa aku membiarkan belakangku kepada orang yang menyesah aku, dan pipiku kepada orang yang mencabut bulu janggutku, dan tiada aku melindungkan mukaku dari pada dinista dan diludahi.
ItalianHo presentato il dorso ai flagellatori, la guancia a coloro che mi strappavano la barba; non ho sottratto la faccia agli insulti e agli sputi.
MaoriTukua atu ana e ahau toku tuara ki nga kaiwhiu, oku paparinga ki nga kaihutihuti; ko toku kanohi kihai i huna kei whakama, kei tuwhaina.
NorwegianMin rygg bød jeg frem til dem som slo, og mine kinner til dem som rykket mig i skjegget; mitt ansikt skjulte jeg ikke for hån og spytt.
PortugueseOfereci as minhas costas aos que me feriam, e as minhas faces aos que me arrancavam a barba; não escondi o meu rosto dos que me afrontavam e me cuspiam.   
RumanianMi-am dat spatele knaintea celor ce Mq loveau, wi obrajii knaintea celor ce-Mi smulgeau barba; nu Mi-am ascuns faya de ocqri wi de scuipqri.
Russianс ТЕ"БМ ИТЕ'ЕФ нПК 'ЙАЭЙН Й МБОЙФЩ нПЙ ПТБЦБАЭЙН; МЙ"Б нПЕЗП ОЕ ЪБЛТЩЧБМ ПФ ПТХЗБОЙК Й П МЕЧБОЙС.
SpanishEntregué mis espaldas a los que me golpeaban, y mis mejillas a los que me arrancaban la barba. No escondí mi cara de las afrentas ni de los esputos.
SwedishJag höll fram min rygg åt dem som slogo mig och mina kinder åt dem som ryckte mig i skägget; jag skylde icke mitt ansikte mot smädelse och spott.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Spitting

Misspellings

"Spitting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: spatling, Spettigue. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Spitting"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "spitting" (pronounced spi"ting)
5-p i" t i ngpitting.
4-i" t i ngacquitting, admitting, befitting, bitting, committing, emitting, fitting, flitting, gritting, hitting, knitting, omitting, permitting, quitting, refitting, resubmitting, sitting, slitting, splitting, submitting, transmitting, unremitting, unwitting, witting.
3-t i ngannotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, wresting, writing, yachting.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Spitting

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: pittings.

Words within the letters "g-i-i-n-p-s-t-t"

-1 letter: pitting, sitting, spiting.

-2 letters: gittin, siping, siting.

-3 letters: intis, piing, pings, pints, sting, stint, tings, tints, tipis, titis.

-4 letters: gins, gips, gist, gits, inti, nips, nisi, nits, pigs, ping, pins, pint, pits, sign, sing, snip, snit, spin, spit, ting, tins, tint, tipi, tips, titi.

-5 letters: gin, gip, git, ins, its, nip, nit, pig, pin, pis.

 Words containing the letters "g-i-i-n-p-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: splitting.

 

+3 letters: postediting, resplitting, spaghettini, stipulating.

 

+4 letters: apostatising, apostatizing, constipating, earsplitting, outsprinting, outstripping, posteditings, postmidnight, prostituting, spaghettinis, spotlighting, topstitching, typewritings.

 

+5 letters: guttersnipish, hairsplitting, hypostatizing, introspecting, pettifoggings, pigmentations, sidesplitting, sportswriting, whipstitching.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Bible Trace
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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