| Back | expectorate /ik-SPEK-tuh-rayt/ |
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| Front | verb tr., intr. 1. To spit. 2. To eject by coughing. [From Latin expectorare (to expel from the chest), from ex- (out) + pectus (br east). Earliest documented use: 1601.] “Sportswriters and talk-radio hosts may expectorate their opinions like gobs of tobacco juice.” - James Wolcott; Breakdown of Champions; Vanity Fair (New York); Apr 2013. |
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