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noun
- (symptom) A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.
- Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry .
- A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.
- Sorry, I can't come to work today " I've got a nasty .
verb
- To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
- I breathed in a load of smoke by mistake, and started to .
- To make a noise like a cough
- The engine coughed and sputtered.
Etymology: From a Germanic imitative base - kox- (unattested in Old English, but probably present as
- cohhian; compare cohhetan "shout"). Cognate with Dutch kuchen "cough", German keuchen "pant".
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