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Meaning of cough
noun
- A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary. Example: Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough.
- A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough. Example: Sorry, I can't come to work today – I've got a nasty cough.
- Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame Example: He was – cough – indisposed.
verb
- To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion. Example: I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough.
- (sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing. Example: Sometimes she coughed (up) blood.
- To make a noise like a cough. Example: The engine coughed and sputtered.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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