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expectorate

[ ik-spek-tuh-reyt ]

verb (used without object)

expectorated, expectorating.
  1. to eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting; spit.


verb (used with object)

expectorated, expectorating.
  1. to eject or expel (matter) in this way.

expectorate

/ 瑟办藞蝉辫蓻办迟蓹藢谤别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. to cough up and spit out (sputum from the respiratory passages)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 别虫藢辫别肠迟辞藞谤补迟颈辞苍, noun
  • 别虫藞辫别肠迟辞藢谤补迟辞谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 别虫路辫别肠顎僼辞路谤补顎卼辞谤 noun
  • 耻苍顎卐虫路辫别肠顎僼辞路谤补迟顎卐诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of expectorate1

1595鈥1605; < Latin 别虫辫别肠迟辞谤腻迟耻蝉 (past participle of 别虫辫别肠迟辞谤腻谤别 to expel from the breast), equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + pector- (stem of pectus ) breast + -腻迟耻蝉 -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of expectorate1

C17: from Latin 别虫辫别肠迟辞谤腻谤别, literally: to drive from the breast, expel, from pectus breast
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Others freely hissed, booed, cheered, stamped, applauded, threw things, ate, talked and expectorated their way through performances.

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The cricket authorities are considering barring players from spitting on the ball, Cricinfo reported, given the potential health concerns of multiple players handling a ball that others have expectorated on.

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When Andrei blasts Matvey with a shotgun, blowing apart one of his sofa cushions, which in turn expectorates a bunch of American dollars, those deeper motives becomes obvious.

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I saw a guy do that the other day as he waited to cross 14th Street NW: just casually expectorate a globule into the gutter.

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The worshipers continued to attend Sunday services, expectorating and spreading the virus as hundreds of congregants loudly sang and prayed in the tightly seated church.

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