spitting

fe’l verb

1. To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object. to spit a loin of veal
2. To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit. She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen.
3. To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly. a hot pan spitting droplets of fat
4. To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

ot noun

1. Expectoration
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.