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to loogie

to loogie

9.9
To cough up and spit out a thick piece of spit
  • verb
  • /ˈluːɡi/
  • Vulgar
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  • He hocked up a big loogie before spitting it out onto the grass.

Examples

  • Before playing basketball, he hocked a loogie to clear his throat.

  • She hocked a loogie into the bushes to avoid making a mess.

  • So I I I sit up Hock up a big loogie for a better word and go to launch it off the the roof.

  • Hocking a loogie is not in the vocabulary yet, no.

Synonyms

to cough up
vsto loogie
8 4.6

To bring mucus or blood up from the lungs into the mouth

adds removing that thick mouthful by ejecting it outwards
to spit up
vsto loogie
1 4.1

To push food, milk, or phlegm out of the mouth

involves a chest contraction then ejecting a thick mouthful outward

How Forceful

to loogie
  • Vulgar
9.9
to spit
315 1.0
to cough up
8 4.6
to cough
254 1.0

Surface Forms

loogie infinitive
loogied past
loogied past participle
loogieing present participle
loogies third person singular

Etymology

The verb loogie comes from the same slang and the playful sound loog people make when spitting, as in the phrase 'hock a loogie'. So to loogie is to cough up and spit out a thick bit of phlegm or spit.