clear one's throat en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- To forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expel air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorously than to cough.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| clears one's throat | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| cleared one's throat | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| cleared one's throat | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| clearing one's throat | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
phlegm · ahem · frog in one's throat · sputum · loogie · hem and haw
Translations (38)
pl odchrząknąć (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · fi kakistella (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · de sich räuspern (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · cs odkašlávat si (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · pl odchrząkiwać (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · la cōnscreor (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · nl zijn keel schrapen (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · sv harkla (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · cmn 清嗓子 (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · vi hắng giọng (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · hu megköszörüli a torkát (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · ar تَنَحْنَحَ (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · ga do scornach a réiteach (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · es aclararse la voz (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · nrf râqu'ter (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · fi rykiä (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · da rømme (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · it schiarirsi la gola (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · la screō (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · is ræskja sig (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · mi whawharo (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · fr se racler la gorge (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · mi wharowharo (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · pdt kjrechen (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · vi tằng hắng (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · ru прочищать горло (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · no rømme (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · fi kakoa (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · sk odkašlať si (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · vi dặng hắng (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · es carraspear (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · vi đằng hắng (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · es destoserse (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · hu köszörüli a torkát (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · no kremte (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · cs odkašlat si (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · id mendeham (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs) · mi wharo (to forcibly expulse air from one's lungs)