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Meaning of spitting box

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

spitting

Pronunciation:/ˈspɪtɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.

    Example: to spit a loin of veal

  2. To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.

    Example: She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen.

verb

Definitions

  1. To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

    Synonyms:expectorate
  2. To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.

    Example: a hot pan spitting droplets of fat

  3. To utter (something) violently.

  4. (hip-hop) To rap, to utter.

verb

Definitions

  1. To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.

  2. To plant (something) using a spade.

  3. To dig, to spade.

    Synonyms:delve

noun

Definitions

  1. Expectoration

  2. 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:sprouting