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"Cough" Definition

noun

An illness marked by frequent coughing.
The act of coughing.
A condition marked by repeated or frequent .
An act or sound of coughing.

phrasal-verb

Cough up Slang To confess or disclose: When he saw that the police might arrest him, he coughed up the details of what he had seen.
Cough up Slang To hand over or relinquish (money or another possession), often reluctantly.

verb-intransitive

To expel air from the lungs suddenly and noisily, often to keep the respiratory passages free of irritating material.
To make a noise similar to noisy expulsion of air from the lungs: The engine coughed and died.

verb-transitive

To expel by coughing: coughed up phlegm.

verb

To expel air from the lungs suddenly with an explosive noise.
To make a noise like that of .
To expel by coughing .

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