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verb (used without object)
1.
to eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting; spit.
verb (used with object)
2.
to eject or expel (matter) in this way.
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Expectorate
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| fact of exceeding something else in amount or degree |
| effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic |
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- Let them read your book and ruminate, fulminate or expectorate on their own time.
- With saliva, all a patient has to do is expectorate.
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Word Origin & History
expectorate
c.1600, "to clear out the chest or lungs," from L. expectoratus, pp. of expectorare "scorn, expel from the mind," lit. "make a clean breast," from ex- "out" + pectus (gen. pectoris) "breast." Use as a euphemism for "spit" is first recorded 1827. Original sense in expectorant. Related: Expectorated; expectorating;
EXPANDexpectoration.
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expectorate ex·pec·to·rate (ĭk-spěk'tə-rāt')
v. ex·pec·to·rat·ed, ex·pec·to·rat·ing, ex·pec·to·rates
To eject saliva, mucus, or other body fluid from the mouth; spit.
To clear out the chest and lungs by coughing up and spitting out matter.
ex·pec'to·ra'tion n.
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