FORCING OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forcing out mean? 

• FORCING OUT (noun)
  The noun FORCING OUT has 1 sense:

1. the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

  Familiarity information: FORCING OUT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORCING OUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ejection; expulsion; forcing out; projection

Hypernyms ("forcing out" is a kind of...):

actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forcing out"):

belch; belching; burp; burping; eructation (a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth)

belching (the forceful expulsion of something from inside)

coughing up (the act of expelling (food or phlegm) by coughing)

expectoration; spit; spitting (the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva))

disgorgement; emesis; puking; regurgitation; vomit; vomiting (the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth)