noun Download 🔗Share A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary. Examples : "Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough." medicine physiology body disease Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough. Examples : "The cough kept waking him up at night, disrupting his sleep. " medicine condition disease body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame Examples : "He was – cough – indisposed." communication language sign Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion. Examples : "I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough." medicine physiology body disease action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing. Examples : "Sometimes she coughed (up) blood." medicine physiology body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make a noise like a cough. Examples : "The engine coughed and sputtered." medicine physiology body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
