1. Clear out the chest and lungs
   "This drug expectorates quickly"
   - clear out, drive out 
2. Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
   - cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out

Derived forms: expectorated, expectorates, expectorating

See also: expectoration, expectorator

Type of: discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release, remove, take, take away, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Expectorate

• transitorily
• transitoriness
• transitory
• translatable
• translate
• translating program
• translation
• translational
• translator
• transliterate
• transliteration
• translocate
• translocation
• translucence
• translucency
• translucent
• translucent substance
• translucently
• translucid
• translunar
• translunary
• transmarine
• transmigrant
• transmigrate
• transmigration