Verb
To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.
To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is moreover extremely indecent to spit, cough, and expectorate (as it were) in company, as some hearty fellows are apt to do: and more so, when you have blown your nose, to draw aside and examine the contents of your handkerchief; as if you expected pearls or rubies to distil from your brain. Giovanni della Casa
This drug expectorates quickly Source: Internet
Collect expectorate in response to a deep cough and place in a sterile container. Source: Internet
That leads him to Rush’s “Tom Sawyer” -- “Catch the spirit, catch the spit” -- and Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer, who “was the envy of every boy he met because the gap in his upper row of teeth enabled him to expectorate in a new and admirable way.” Source: Internet
Peters, p. 208. * The past tense of spit "expectorate" is spat in BrE, spit or spat in AmE. Source: Internet
Some of the liquid in the mouth is usually disposed of by spitting, producing bright red spots wherever the expectorate lands. Source: Internet