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PTYALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ptyalize mean? 

PTYALIZE (verb)
  The verb PTYALIZE has 1 sense:

1. expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouthplay

  Familiarity information: PTYALIZE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PTYALIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they ptyalize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it ptyalizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: ptyalized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: ptyalized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: ptyalizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

ptyalise; ptyalize; spew; spit; spue

Context example:

The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer

Hypernyms (to "ptyalize" is one way to...):

cough out; cough up; expectorate; spit out; spit up (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ptyalism (excessive flow of saliva)


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