cough, coughing
(noun) a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
cough
(verb) exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion; “The smoker coughs all day”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cough (third-person singular simple present coughs, present participle coughing, simple past and past participle coughed)
(intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
(transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.
(intransitive) To make a noise like a cough.
cough (plural coughs)
A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.
A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.
Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame
• (condition): tussis
• barking cough
• churchyard cough
• congested cough
• dry cough
• hacking cough
• loose cough
• non-productive cough
• productive cough
• smoker's cough
• wet cough
Source: Wiktionary
Cough (kf), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coughed (kft); p. pr. & vb. n. Coughing.] Etym: [Cf. D. kuchen, MHG. k to breathe, G. keuchen to pant, and E. chincough, the first part of which is prob. akin to cough; cf. also E. choke.]
Definition: To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner.
Cough, v. t.
1. To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm.
2. To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse. To cough down, to silence or put down (an objectionable speaker) by simulated coughing.
Cough, n. Etym: [Cg. D. kuch. See Cough, v. i. ]
1. A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc.
2. The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease. Stomach cough, Ear cough, cough due to irritation in the stomach or ear.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 March 2025
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