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Verb: ptyalise
Usage: Brit (=ptyalize)
  1. Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
    - spit, ptyalize, spew, spue [archaic]

Derived forms: ptyalised, ptyalising, ptyalises

Type of: cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit out, spit up