as in stabbing
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets
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Recent Examples of spitting
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
First, play was allowed to restart, which was previously a hard stop on any VAR intervention — except violent conduct and spitting at someone.
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Ben Burrows,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
In some ways, DOGE acted as an expedited revolving door, giving the young engineers brief, chaotic experience across multiple government agencies, before spitting them back into the Valley, which is chock-full of investors itching to get in on government-adjacent technology.
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Margaux MacColl,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
The 24-hour Giannis Antetokounmpo news cycle keeps spitting out bread crumbs, updates that advance the story incrementally.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
Everybody knows the old saying about spitting on your bait for good luck.
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Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
Especially women, with all those drunken servicemen rolling through, packs of them, fights spilling out of the cafés, catcalls and spitting in the streets.
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Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
For a while, Claude kept spitting out the same inert passages, in which Jay Gatsby or Sherlock Holmes did a whole lot of nothing and had no opinion about the very little that was happening around them.
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Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
This possibility raises the question of how physicists can be sure their quantum simulations are spitting out reliable results.
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Zeeya Merali,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
Verb
Jenkins said Macias-Gomez was also charged with battery on a peace officer for spitting.
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Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
First, play was allowed to restart, which was previously a hard stop on any VAR intervention — except violent conduct and spitting at someone.
—
Ben Burrows,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
In some ways, DOGE acted as an expedited revolving door, giving the young engineers brief, chaotic experience across multiple government agencies, before spitting them back into the Valley, which is chock-full of investors itching to get in on government-adjacent technology.
—
Margaux MacColl,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
The 24-hour Giannis Antetokounmpo news cycle keeps spitting out bread crumbs, updates that advance the story incrementally.
—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
Everybody knows the old saying about spitting on your bait for good luck.
—
Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
Especially women, with all those drunken servicemen rolling through, packs of them, fights spilling out of the cafés, catcalls and spitting in the streets.
—
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
For a while, Claude kept spitting out the same inert passages, in which Jay Gatsby or Sherlock Holmes did a whole lot of nothing and had no opinion about the very little that was happening around them.
—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
This possibility raises the question of how physicists can be sure their quantum simulations are spitting out reliable results.
—
Zeeya Merali,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spitting
Adjective
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Upstate, all the drippy humidity and congested traffic of the city dissolves into a placid breeze.
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Donut peaches are usually palm-sized and easy to polish off in a few drippy, delightful bites.
Verb
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The film centers on a New York murder trial where a teenage boy is accused of stabbing his abusive dad and a jury has the kid's fate in their hands.
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In one instance, the suspect is accused of personally taking part in the killing by stabbing a victim in the chest with a knife, the prosecutors said.
Adjective
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Ciudad Perdida, Colombia Hidden deep within the misty peaks of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the ancient city of Teyuna—better known as Ciudad Perdida—is one of South America’s most extraordinary archaeological sites.
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With the mild temps, southeastern Wisconsin is experiencing some light, misty rain and foggy conditions.
Verb
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The audience groaned, while Vergara and Mel B screamed for Strange to stop jabbing at his partner through the box.
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The threats just keep jabbing at America’s borders.
Adjective
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On a cool, drizzly day in Oakland, California, the film director Boots Riley often seemed less like a person than like a landmark—clockable from a distance.
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On a drizzly summer night, Adams signed and signed.
Verb
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Bryce Eldridge handled the rest, picking Schmitt’s throw out of the dirt to complete the double play.
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The studio showed strong instincts when picking creative partners on the horror side, too.
Verb
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On June 3, Walden went to the hospital, where a CT scan revealed the metal bristle had become lodged in his bowel and had begun puncturing his intestine.
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Where there’s normally carpet or hardwood floors, there are rocks, puncturing bare feet with each step.
Verb
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On the other hand, however, take a step back and the world-building is jaw-dropping; on a big screen, Rogue Trooper is almost overwhelming, and Barnard becomes an almost godlike presence by the end with his piercing white eyes (don’t worry, it’s explained).
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If discovering tiny insect casings or sticky residue, this often indicates those insects with piercing and sucking mouthparts that slowly siphon sap from plants, depleting their ability to feed themselves through photosynthesis.
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“Spitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spitting. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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