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cough

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verb

ˈkȯf How to pronounce cough (audio)
coughed; coughing; coughs

intransitive verb

1
: to expel air from the lungs suddenly with a sharp, short noise : to emit a cough (see cough entry 2 sense 1)
The dust made him cough repeatedly.
2
: to make a noise like that of coughing
The engine coughed and sputtered and then stopped.

transitive verb

: to expel by coughing
—often used with up
cough up mucus

cough

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noun

1
: a sudden, sharp-sounding expulsion of air from the lungs acting as a protective mechanism to clear the air passages or as a symptom of pulmonary disturbance
2
: a condition marked by repeated or frequent coughing
She has a bad cough.

Example Sentences

Verb She was coughing and sneezing all day. The dust made him cough. The engine coughed and sputtered and then stopped. Noun He has a cough and a cold. They both have bad coughs. I heard a cough from the back of the church. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
If a person appears to be conscious and exhibits forceful coughing, onlookers should encourage the potential choking person to cough more to clear their airway before attempting the Heimlich maneuver, the council suggests. Fox News, 6 July 2022 As their Friday afternoon game stretched on, Cook started to cough uncontrollably. Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022 In this land of plentiful, oxygenating trees, everyone is alone, and people cough into the crook of an elbow anyway. New York Times, 4 May 2022 Qianyan Li, his wife and his children’s mother, would cook in the apartment and his son would cough. Ryan Kost, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Nov. 2021 One person might sneeze or cough while another might become exhausted, and another will feel nothing at all. Erik Vance, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2018 Atlanta had a rough start to the second half when Russell Gage caught a 20-yard pass over the middle to the Tampa Bay 45, only to cough the ball up on a hit by Pierre Desir. George Henry, ajc, 5 Dec. 2021 Tuberculosis is a serious infectious bacteria that affects the lungs and causes patients to cough blood, lose weight, and suffer from night sweats and fever. BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2021 Blackburn, a retired police officer, was being treated with IV dexamethasone and remdesivir, and stopped to cough a few times during his conversation with a Free Press reporter. Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2021
Noun
Samples of both saliva and nasal swabs tested positive for the virus, even though the patient did not report any related signs of illness such as fever, chills or cough. Deidre Mcphillips, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022 The president tested positive last month and, according to his doctor, experienced mild symptoms including a slight fever, cough and sore throat. Bytal Axelrod, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2022 Nearly 1 in 10, or 9.8%, of children who were sick enough with Covid to be admitted to the hospital reported ongoing symptoms — often fatigue, cough and shortness of breath — three months later. Erika Edwards, NBC News, 22 July 2022 Their daughter tested positive first, and is feeling a little better after having had a fever, cough and congestion. Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2022 Doctors and researchers have exhaustively categorized those symptoms, which range from the mundane (cough, fever, headache) to the slightly mysterious (brain fog, loss of taste or smell, a pins-and-needles sensation). Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2022 Should a tickly cough or barking dog interrupt a recording or live streaming session, a touch-sensitive mute button on the front can be pressed to disarm the microphone. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 Patients generally get infected through the mouth, typically by hands contaminated with an infected person’s fecal matter, but the virus can also spread through an infected person’s sneeze or cough. Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2022 Over the next 32 months, researchers across the three hospitals screened for this virus in similar patients, ultimately detecting it in 35 people, who had a range of symptoms included cough, fatigue, headache, and nausea, in addition to fever. Simone Mccarthy, CNN, 12 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb and Noun

Middle English, from Old English *cohhian; akin to Middle High German kūchen to breathe heavily

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of cough was in the 14th century

Phrases Containing cough

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