expectorate
🇺🇸
/ɪkˈspektəreɪt/
🇬🇧
/ɪkˈspektəreɪt/
verb
R
to cough out phlegm from your lungs
After a long illness, he had to frequently expectorate the thick phlegm.
translation
to cough out phlegm from your lungs
Word Forms
3rd Present
expectorates
Past
expectorated
Perfect
expectorated
Progressive
expectorating