spit up meaning

spit up as a verb

1. give reluctantly
   • He coughed up some money for his children's tuition

   Synonyms: cough up, pony up

   Type of: give

2. discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth

   Synonyms: expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit out

   Type of: exhaust

   Kinds: cough, spit, splutter

spit up in a sentence

• He was spitting up blood and that's why I called the doctor.

How to pronounce spit up

spit up is pronounced /spɪt ʌp/ in British English and /spɪt ʌp/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.