רָקַק, (b. h.) to spit. B. Kam. VIII, 6 ר׳ והגיע בו רוקו if a person spat (at his neighbor), and his spittle touched him. Snh. 101ᵃ וברוֹקֵק בה … על הרקיקה that is when he spits at it (while reciting a Bible verse as a charm for a wound), for the name of God must not be pronounced in connection with spitting. Y. Ber. III, 6ᵈ bot. הרוקק … כרוקק וכ׳ he that spits in the synogogue is considered as if spitting at the pupil of his eye (euphem. for God). Yeb. 105ᵃ שרָקְקָה דם who (in spitting before the yabam) spat blood; Y. ib. XII, end, 13ᵃ רַקָּה (or רָקָה, fr. רוּק). Ḥag. 5ᵃ (ref. to Koh. XII, 14) זה הרָק בפני חבירו וכ׳ this refers to one who spits in his neighbor’s presence and becomes disgusting (v. מָאַס). Tosef. B. Kam. IX, 31, v. טוּשׁ h.; a. fr.