transcription, транскрипция: [ -tə-ˌrāt ]
verb
( -rat·ed ; -rat·ing )
Etymology: Latin expectoratus, past participle of expectorare to banish from the mind (taken to mean literally “to expel from the chest”), from ex- + pector-, pectus breast, soul — more at pectoral
Date: 1601
transitive verb
1. : to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting
2. : spit
intransitive verb
1. : to discharge matter from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting
2. : spit
• ex·pec·to·ra·tion -ˌspek-tə-ˈrā-shən noun