| Main Entry: | expectorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cough up |
Synonyms: |
hawk, spew, spit, spit out |
| Notes: | to spit (imitative of its sound) means to expel saliva; expectorate means to dredge up and expel phlegm |
| Main Entry: | cough |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expelling air with sound |
Synonyms: |
bark, choke, clear throat, convulse, expectorate, hack, hawk, hem, spit up, vomit, whoop |
| Main Entry: | emit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diffuse, discharge |
Synonyms: |
afford, beam, belch, breathe, cast out, disembogue, drip, eject, emanate, erupt, evacuate, excrete, exhale, expectorate, expel, expend, expire, extrude, exude, give off, give out, give vent to, gush, issue, jet, let off, loose, ooze, pass, perspire, pour, pronounce, purge, radiate, reek, secrete, send forth, send out, shed, shoot, speak, spew, spill, spit, squirt, throw out, transmit, utter, vent, voice, void, vomit, yield |
Antonyms: |
conceal, contain, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | spit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eject saliva or substance |
Synonyms: |
discharge, drool, expectorate, hawk, hiss, sibilate, sizz, slobber, spatter, spew, splutter, spritz, sputter, throw out |
| Notes: | to spit (imitative of its sound) means to expel saliva; expectorate means to dredge up and expel phlegm |
Antonyms: |
swallow |