Sekirov Dictionary

cough

UK /kɒf/US /kɔf/

noun4

  1. a sudden noisy push of air out of the chest and through the mouth
  2. A bout of repeated coughing (verb etymology 1 sense 2.1); also, a medical condition that causes one to cough.
  3. A vocalisation from a bird or other animal resembling a human cough.
  4. (figurative) A noise or sound like a cough.

verb8

  1. Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
  2. To cause (oneself or something) to be in a certain condition in the manner described in etymology 1 sense 1.1.
  3. To push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth, usually to expel something blocking or irritating the airway.
  4. (figurative) To surrender (information); to confess.
  5. (slang, figurative) Chiefly followed by up: to give up or hand over (something); especially, to pay up (money).
  6. (slang) To surrender information; to confess, to spill the beans.
  7. To make a noise like a cough.
  8. To express (words, etc.) in the manner described in etymology 1 sense 1.1.

exclamation1

  1. Used to represent the sound of a cough, especially when focusing attention on a following utterance, often an attribution of blame or a euphemism: ahem.
forms

coughed · coughing · cougheth · coughs · coughest

Phrases with cough

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