Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Expectorate

Expectorate , transitive verb

[Latin 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.

Expectorate , intransitive verb

To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.