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expectoration

noun

1. the process of coughing up and spitting out

• Derivationally related forms: ↑expectorate

• Hypernyms: ↑bodily process, ↑body process, ↑bodily function, ↑activity

2. the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

• Syn: ↑spit, ↑spitting

• Derivationally related forms: ↑expectorate, ↑spit (for: ↑spitting), ↑spit (for: ↑spit)

• Hypernyms: ↑expulsion, ↑projection, ↑ejection, ↑forcing out

Useful english dictionary. 2012.