"clear one's throat" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: clears one's throat [present, singular, third-person], clearing one's throat [participle, present], cleared one's throat [participle, past], cleared one's throat [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clear one's throat (third-person singular simple present clears one's throat, present participle clearing one's throat, simple past and past participle cleared one's throat)
  1. Forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expelling air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorous than coughing. Related terms: frog in one's throat, ahem, hem and haw, loogie, phlegm, sputum Translations (forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs): تَنَحْنَحَ (tanaḥnaḥa) (Arabic), 清嗓子 (qīngsǎngzi) (Chinese Mandarin), odkašlat si [perfective] (Czech), odkašlávat si [imperfective] (Czech), rømme (Danish), rykiä (Finnish), kakoa (Finnish), kakistella (Finnish), se racler la gorge (French), sich räuspern (German), köszörüli a torkát (Hungarian), megköszörüli a torkát (Hungarian), ræskja sig (Icelandic), raschiare (Italian), screō (Latin), cōnscreor (Latin), wharo (Maori), whawharo (Maori), wharowharo (Maori), râqu'ter (Norman), kremte (Norwegian), rømme (Norwegian), kjrechen (Plautdietsch), odchrząkiwać [imperfective] (Polish), odchrząknąć [perfective] (Polish), прочищать горло (pročiščatʹ gorlo) (Russian), odkašlať si [perfective] (Slovak), carraspear (Spanish), aclararse la voz (Spanish), destoserse (Spanish), harkla (Swedish), tằng hắng (Vietnamese), đằng hắng (Vietnamese), dặng hắng (Vietnamese), hắng giọng (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
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          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "se racler la gorge"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "sich räuspern"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "köszörüli a torkát"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "megköszörüli a torkát"
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        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "ræskja sig"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "raschiare"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "screō"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "cōnscreor"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
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          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
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          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "râqu'ter"
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "kremte"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "rømme"
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          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
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          "roman": "pročiščatʹ gorlo",
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          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
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          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "carraspear"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "aclararse la voz"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "destoserse"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "harkla"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "tằng hắng"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "đằng hắng"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
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          "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
          "word": "hắng giọng"
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      "word": "تَنَحْنَحَ"
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      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
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      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
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      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
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      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "rømme"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "rykiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "kakoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "kakistella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "se racler la gorge"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "sich räuspern"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "köszörüli a torkát"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "megköszörüli a torkát"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "ræskja sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "raschiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "screō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "cōnscreor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "wharo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "whawharo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "wharowharo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "râqu'ter"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "kremte"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "rømme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "kjrechen"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "odchrząkiwać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odchrząknąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pročiščatʹ gorlo",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "прочищать горло"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odkašlať si"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "carraspear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "aclararse la voz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "destoserse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "harkla"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "tằng hắng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "đằng hắng"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "dặng hắng"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs",
      "word": "hắng giọng"
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