expectorate

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \-tə-ˌrāt\
- /ɪkˈspek.tər.eɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \-tə-ˌrāt\

Definitions of expectorate word

noun expectorate Cough or spit out phlegm from the throat or lungs. 1
verb expectorate to cough up and spit out (sputum from the respiratory passages) 0
verb transitive expectorate to cough up and spit out (phlegm, mucus, etc.) 0
verb transitive expectorate to spit 0

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Parts of speech for Expectorate

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Expectorate

expectorate popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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Synonyms for expectorate

verb expectorate

cough up — If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to.
hawk — a medium-range, mobile U.S. surface-to-air missile system.
spew — to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth; vomit.
spit — to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.

All 4 Synonyms of expectorate

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