Word: expectorate

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Synonyms: expectorate

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: expectorate

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spanish
Translations:
expectorar
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german
Translations:
ausspucken
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french
Translations:
expectorer, cracher
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russian
Translations:
плевать, нахаркать, откашливать, отхаркивать
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finnish
Translations:
köhiä, yskiä, rykiä
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czech
Translations:
vyplivnout, vykašlávat, chrchlat, plivat, vykašlat
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polish
Translations:
wypluć, wykrztusić
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ukrainian
Translations:
відхаркуйте
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estonian
Translations:
rögastama
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croatian
Translations:
iskašljavati
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lithuanian
Translations:
spjauti

The meaning and "use of": expectorate

verb
  • cough or spit out phlegm from the throat or lungs. - The actor is the only one of that illustrious quartet who openly uses a spittoon, clears his throat and expectorates into the receptacle below his desk.

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