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 mouth

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PTYALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they ptyalize    ... he / she / it ptyalizes   
Past simple: ptyalized   
Past participle: ptyalized   
-ing form: ptyalizing   

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)