To
expectorate.
This action is done by baseball pitchers to indicate that they are indeed on the mound.
It is done by inner city hoodlums as a sign of contempt, and as an indicator of their feeble intellect.
And it is done by cowboys as they gallantly open the door of a pickup truck for a lady.
As you walk past
the open door of a public
men's room, you can hear men hawking and spitting. As you walk past the open door of a public ladies' room, you cannot. Nobody has a good explanation of this phenomenon. Suffice it to say, spitting is a man's practice. Not even low life women spit much.
Example:
Pete opened the door of his
pickup for Sara
Sue. As she was getting out, he
spit on the street between her feet. "Oh, such a gentleman," she said.