to cough
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1.0
- verb
- /kɔf/
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toser
- With each episode, a child may cough for more than a week.
- coughing and sneezing
- cough and breathe
- cough up blood
And you just wish that if he could just cough it out, he would sound much clearer.
- And you just wish that if he could just cough it out, he would sound much clearer.
- Barely see it, and remember, if you need to cough, you know what to do.
- Yeah, you should never cough on anybody.
- Wheezing, coughing, tightness, shortness of breath?
- So if I cough, it's not for emphasis, it's a real cough.
- I'm on hands are on my knees and I'm like coughing, like dry heaving, like hurting.
- Yeah, You chose to bend to me cough during a nap.
- When she coughs, her bum opens.
Examples
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The patient should be able to cough, swallow, breathe, and vomit without difficulty.
Academic text (2002) -
So he started to cough enormously hard.
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Yeah, you should never cough on anybody.
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Cough it out, cough it out!
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I've washed my hands and I'm trying not to cough on other people.
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So one symptom is that someone infected with tuberculosis will cough for at least three weeks.
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Each time the new host sneezes or coughs, the spread of infection continues.
Academic text (2012) -
A year later, she began coughing again, and she was diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Academic text (2016) -
I'm on hands are on my knees and I'm like coughing, like dry heaving, like hurting.
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When I caught a cold, I couldn't stop coughing during the night.
Synonyms
8
5.8
To cough loudly and repeatedly
To cough slightly to remove mucus from your throat or to get attention
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
10
3.2
A disease that spreads between people and causes severe coughing with a loud whoop when breathing in
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cough as a verb also comes from the same old sound word cohh, so the word itself copies the noise of a quick breath out. That is why to cough means to make that sudden, noisy breath 'to clear the throat' or because you are ill.