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Meanings of spit up in English

Portuguese
expectorar
Catalan
desembossar
Spanish
soltar pasta

Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth.

        expectorar
        Usage of spit up in English
        1
        He knows that daddy is where we go to spit up lunch.
        The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
        2
        My brother, Ray, had practically spit up his juice, hearing this.
        The Good Daughters
        3
        The foliage slapped at them; mud spit up on their faces and chests.
        The Lost World
        4
        Patel the bowler, got one to spit up and the keeper fluffs the catch.
        The Guardian
        5
        Leslie coughed and spit up coffee so that it dribbled a little down her chin.
        Alexandra, gone
        6
        Nothing left to spit up but my naked soul.
        The lies of locke lamora
        7
        Rough hands turned him over and he finally managed to spit up some of the water.
        Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
        8
        On the following day he began to spit up blood, and this continued until he saw me.
        Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
        9
        Jesse drank from the mug, then covered his mouth with his hand, trying not to spit up.
        Gods go begging
        10
        His mouth worked as if he were chewing, or about to spit up something that disgusted him.
        The half-made world
        11
        Come down here and look expensive so she'll like me more and won't spit up in my food.'
        The half life of stars: a novel
        12
        I once laughed so hard in social studies I spit up vanilla latte all over Jake Somers's desk.
        Before I fall
        13
        Percival was busy screaming his head off, only pausing to spit up all over anyone who came near.
        Timeless
        14
        I just spit up a mouthful of foul dribble that rolled up my throat and out my bill.
        A nameless witch
        15
        Most babies who spit up don't have an acid reflux problem, researchers said, just a not-quite-developed upper stomach valve.
        Reuters
        16
        When she saw the image on the open page, she spit up a mouthful of coffee all over the floor.
        Ruthless
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        Translations for spit up
        Spit up through the time
        Spit up across language varieties
        United States of America
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