expectorate

Etymology

From Latin expectorātus, past participle of expectorāre (“only fig. banish from the mind, but literally (as in modern use) expel from the breast”), from ex (“out of”) + pectus (“the breast”).

verb

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To spit.

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