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Meaning of Spitting | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈspɪtɪŋ

Definitions

  1. expectoration
    archaic
  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.
    uncountable

Equivalents

العربية البصاق بصق
Ελληνικά απόπτυση
Suomi sylkäiseminen sylkäisy sylkeminen sylky

Examples

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

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

spitting box spitting cobra spitting distance spitting image spitting spider Spittle

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