S: (v) cough (exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion) "The smoker coughs all day"
S: (v) hack, whoop (cough spasmodically) "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
S: (v) clear the throat, hawk (clear mucus or food from one's throat) "he cleared his throat before he started to speak"
S: (v) spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue (expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth) "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"