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Expectoration

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ex·pec·to·rate  (k-spkt-rt)
v. ex·pec·to·rat·ed, ex·pec·to·rat·ing, ex·pec·to·rates
v.tr.
1. To eject from the mouth; spit.
2. To cough up and eject by spitting.
v.intr.
1. To spit.
2. To clear out the chest and lungs by coughing up and spitting out matter.
[Latin expectorre, expectort-, to drive from the chest : ex-, ex- + pectus, pector-, chest.]
ex·pecto·ration n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.expectoration - the process of coughing up and spitting out
bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity - an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity"
2.Expectorationexpectoration - the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
spitting, spit
ejection, forcing out, expulsion, projection - the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting


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The silences widened; the expectoration marvellously increased.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
Battle royal was waged, amid the smoking of many cigarettes and the expectoration of much tobacco-juice, wherein the tramp successfully held his own, even when a socialist workman sneered, "There is no god but the Unknowable, and Herbert Spencer is his prophet.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
At length it occurred to me that they were only spitting, which was indeed the case; though how any number of passengers which it was possible for that car to contain, could have maintained such a playful and incessant shower of expectoration, I am still at a loss to understand: notwithstanding the experience in all salivatory phenomena which I afterwards acquired.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
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