<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated.</li><li>to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h-sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.</li><li>to remove (a fluid) from a body cavity by use of an aspirator or suction syringe.</li><li>to inhale (fluid or a foreign body) into the bronchi and lungs, often after vomiting.</li><li>to draw or remove by suction.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h-sounds.</li><li>the substance or contents that have been aspirated.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>(of a speech sound) pronounced with or accompanied by aspiration; aspirated.</li></ul>