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
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
Ka’s 2012 album, Grief Pedigree, is widely cited alongside Roc Marciano’s 2010 album, Marcberg, as a blueprint for an entire subculture of vocalists spitting world-weary, metaphorical verses about the hustle game, its triumphs, and its setbacks.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
Verb
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
Ka’s 2012 album, Grief Pedigree, is widely cited alongside Roc Marciano’s 2010 album, Marcberg, as a blueprint for an entire subculture of vocalists spitting world-weary, metaphorical verses about the hustle game, its triumphs, and its setbacks.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spitting
Verb
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The killer wanted for stabbing a father of three to death at a Brooklyn bodega bought a cup of coffee inside before throwing it in the victim’s face in the fight leading up to the slay, shocking video shows.Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
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That’s when Webb grabbed a hammer and hit Wilson in the head, the source said, but that wasn’t enough to stop him from stabbing her multiple times in the chest and back, mortally wounding her.John Annese, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
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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
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Unfortunately, too many creditors will simply start jabbing at hard assets and one-time bank account levies without seeing the enormous pot of gold in front of them in the debtor's revenue streams.Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Then there’s people who can do drippy music but don’t have any bars.Maurice Garland, SPIN, 19 Dec. 2024
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Sans trays or drippy solutions, these strips are compact for travel and mess-free.Madison Yauger, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Verb
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In August 2018, the Washington Post reported that about a third of crab-picking jobs were vacant across the Eastern Shore.Mennatalla Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2024
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The stylist from Anthropologie is picking.Jordan Greene, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Mayfair Witches is off to the misty isles of Scotland in its second season, introducing us to new members of the family who still live in the ancestral homelands of their witchy dynasty.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Grant was gracious in her acceptance, and there were more than a few misty eyes seen around the venue during her speech.LaRawn Scaife Rhea, The Tennessean, 2 June 2024
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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Tuesday is expected to be a drizzly day in metro Detroit but temperatures will remain fairly similar in the 50s until Thursday.Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2024
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But the fact is Brissett didn’t light it up (3-for-7 for 17 yards spread out over three series) in the Patriots’ 14-13 loss to the Eagles on a drizzly night at Gillette Stadium.Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
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“Spitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spitting. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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