吐痰 — meaning in English

English meaning

• spew verb To eject or gush out forcefully in a stream.
• spit noun A thin rod used to skewer and rotate meat while it cooks over a fire.

Senses

吐痰 is used for these senses in English:

• cough up To expel from the lungs, throat, stomach, etc. by coughing.
• spew (transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream,
• spit (ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

spew — full definition

1. verb To eject or gush out forcefully in a stream.
2. verb To produce a large, careless stream of words, especially nonsense or hateful comments.
3. verb To vomit.

spit — full definition

1. noun A thin rod used to skewer and rotate meat while it cooks over a fire.
2. noun Saliva, especially when spat out.
3. noun A narrow strip of sand or land jutting out into water.
4. verb To forcefully eject saliva from the mouth.
5. verb To rain very lightly.

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