expectorate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

expectorate
    v 1: clear out the chest and lungs; "This drug expectorates
         quickly" [syn: {expectorate}, {clear out}, {drive out}]
    2: discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the
       mouth [syn: {expectorate}, {cough up}, {cough out}, {spit
       up}, {spit out}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Expectorate \Ex*pec"to*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Expectorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Expectorating}.] [L.
   expecrorare to drive from the breast; ex out + pectus,
   pectiris, breast. See {Pectoral}.]
   To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm
   or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit
   forth.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Expectorate \Ex*pec"to*rate\, v. i.
   To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and
   spitting; to spit.
   [1913 Webster]

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