cough

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/kɒf/
• (US)enPR:kôf,IPA^(key):/kɔf/

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Verb

Plain form cough

Third-person singular coughs

Past tense coughed

Past participle coughed

Present participle coughing

1. If youcough,you quickly blow air out and make a noise because of a feeling in thethroat.

   This cold is terrible. I wascoughingand sneezing all night.

   Shecoughedto get his attention.

Noun

Singular cough

Plural coughs

1. (countable) Acoughis the action or sound of quickly blowing air out because of a feeling in thethroat.

   My doctor gave me some medicine for mycough.

   Hercoughwas so bad that she was coughing up blood.