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Spirting
- verb - gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"
- move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
Spitting
- verb - drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ"
- expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
- rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
- the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
- utter with anger or contempt
Splaying
- verb - move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
- spread open or apart; "He splayed his huge hands over the table"
- turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
Splicing
- verb - a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together; "the break was due to an imperfect splice"
- join by interweaving strands; "Splice the wires"
- join the ends of; "splice film"
- join together so as to form new genetic combinations; "splice genes"
- perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"
Splining
- - Of or pertaining to a spline.
Spoiling
- verb - alter from the original
- become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
- destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
- have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
- make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
- the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
- the process of becoming spoiled
- treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
Sponging
- verb - ask for and get free; be a parasite
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- soak up with a sponge
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
Spoofing
- verb - make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers"
Spooking
- verb - frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"