expectorate

Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

drive out spit out spit up cough out hawk hawking slaver discharge emit breathe eject spit cough spat spitting
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Antonyms

garner contain reserve save retain accumulate
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Hypernyms

take release remove withdraw discharge exhaust

Hyponyms

spit cough sputter spew splutter spue

Related terms

expectoration expectorant

Derivatives

expectorated expectorating

Examples

It 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

Close letter words and terms

expection expective expectorant expectorated matter expectoration expectorative