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cough

verb / noun / interjection

Meaning

  1. verbSometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.

    Example: Sometimes she coughed up blood.

  2. nounA sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.

    Example: Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough.

  3. interjectionUsed to represent the sound of a cough (noun sense 1), especially when focusing attention on a following utterance, often an attribution of blame or a euphemism: ahem.

    Example: He was—cough—indisposed.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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