<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a claw, especially of a bird of prey.</li><li>the shoulder on the bolt of a lock against which the key presses in sliding the bolt.</li><li>Cards. the cards left over after the deal; stock.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to expel by coughing (usually followed by up or out): to cough up phlegm.</li></ul>