expectorateverb [ I or T ]
uk/ɪkˈspek.tər.eɪt/us/ɪkˈspek.tər.eɪt/specializedto bring up liquid from the throat or lungs and force it out of the mouth
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: bodily fluids & their production
- beaded
- bile
- bogy
- bucket
- discharge
- dribble
- jism
- lacteal
- lymphatic
- mucus
- perspire
- phlegm
- pus
- snot
- spat
- sperm
- spermatozoon
- spit
- spunk
- sweat buckets idiom
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Examples from literature
- He kept on expectorating, and rolled his big eyes about.
- I lost my voice completely, suffered with pain in my lungs and expectorated almost constantly.
- She had also a terrible cough and expectorated a great deal.
- The stage-hand expectorated disgustedly.
- The throat is dry and irritated, and there is a constant desire to expectorate.