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
Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Authorities allege Workman was seen in a video spitting on her baby’s face and pouring dish soap in the infant’s mouth, according to unspecified court documents cited by WKRC, the Cincinnati Enquirer, and Fox 19.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
An Ohio mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly abusing her baby by spitting at her and pouring dish soap down her mouth, authorities said.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The classic hero is at his lowest when the trailer begins, seemingly stranded in frozen terrain after a forceful crash landing and spitting blood from his mouth.
—Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Seconds later, the officers and paramedics picked Stevens up and put him on a stretcher with his legs still hobbled, his hands in cuffs behind his back and a spit hood over his head, a type of bag used to prevent people from spitting or biting.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
He was outfitted with a spit screen to prevent him from spitting on others.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
You're used to people spitting lies at you about their identity.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
The song grew into a post-grunge anthem, an abrasively catchy, groovy head-scratcher about being blown to hell, spitting in wishing wells, and cuckoo cannonballs.
—Drew Fortune, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
Verb
The sun is spitting out fantastic flares, hurling solar material at Earth and triggering spectacular auroras.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Authorities allege Workman was seen in a video spitting on her baby’s face and pouring dish soap in the infant’s mouth, according to unspecified court documents cited by WKRC, the Cincinnati Enquirer, and Fox 19.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
An Ohio mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly abusing her baby by spitting at her and pouring dish soap down her mouth, authorities said.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The classic hero is at his lowest when the trailer begins, seemingly stranded in frozen terrain after a forceful crash landing and spitting blood from his mouth.
—Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Seconds later, the officers and paramedics picked Stevens up and put him on a stretcher with his legs still hobbled, his hands in cuffs behind his back and a spit hood over his head, a type of bag used to prevent people from spitting or biting.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
He was outfitted with a spit screen to prevent him from spitting on others.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
You're used to people spitting lies at you about their identity.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
The song grew into a post-grunge anthem, an abrasively catchy, groovy head-scratcher about being blown to hell, spitting in wishing wells, and cuckoo cannonballs.
—Drew Fortune, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spitting
Verb
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Brooks was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2017 for stabbing his girlfriend in Monroe County.—
Kate Holland,
ABC News,
27 Dec. 2024
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Smith was convicted of fatally stabbing his estranged wife and her sons decades ago.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Dec. 2024
Verb
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In the meantime, Democrats are jabbing back at GOP claims over the New Orleans atrocity.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
3 Jan. 2025
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Companies perfected the art of evasion, leaving us jabbing the zero key like a deranged woodpecker just to talk to someone with a pulse.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Bernhardt, who starts with spray paint on upright canvases, then puts them on the floor and adds watery acrylics, which give her work its drippy panache, chalks it up to plain coincidence, though of course there’s nothing plain about what either of them do.—
Nicole Phelps,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2025
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Known for drippy paintings of words, phrases and geometric shapes, Pendleton will show his new paintings Composition and Movement, as well as a new single-channel video work, Resurrection City Revisited (Who Owns Geometry Anyway?).—
Roger Catlin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Reserving restaurants, purchasing park hoppers, and picking your favorite room in advance can all be done via app or phone.—
Annemarie Dooling,
USA TODAY,
8 Jan. 2025
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Instead of picking an immediate replacement for the 60-year-old morning show mainstay to join Bush Hager, the show will try out different A-listers to find the best fit.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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While the concentrated nozzle of some finishing sprays can feel too heavy in one spot, this alcohol-free, non-aerosol formula delivers a light, misty texture for even distribution and buildable hold.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
17 Feb. 2025
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This is partially because the lungs breathe out moisture in misty breaths.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
Verb
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And an image of a woman named Linda Jackson washing her hair in a plastic bin on the Navajo Nation, the striking mountains of Monument Valley piercing the background, was how Elliot Ross shed light on what life is like in America’s water inequality capital.—
TIME Photo Department,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
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The She Wolf's howl is as piercing as ever.—
Pamela Avila,
USA TODAY,
19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Throngs of demonstrators marched through the streets of downtown Washington on the drizzly Saturday for the People’s March, organized by a coalition of groups, including the Women’s March.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
19 Jan. 2025
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Guests sipped espresso martinis and shimmied to a band performing camp classics from the Pointer Sisters to Tina Turner before heading off into the typically drizzly London night.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
2 Dec. 2024
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“Spitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spitting. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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