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Verb: spit out
  1. Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
    "He had to spit out the water he accidentally inhaled";
    - expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up
     
  2. Spit up in an explosive manner
    "The child spit out the bitter medicine";
    - splutter, sputter
     
  3. Utter with anger or contempt
    "He spat out a series of insults";
    - spit

Derived forms: spits out, spitting out, spat out

Type of: discharge, eject, emit, exhaust, expel, let loose, let out, release, utter