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cough `verb` [ kɒf ]

• expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound.

• "he tried to speak and started to cough"

cough `noun`

• an act or sound of coughing.

• "she gave a discreet cough"

Similar: hack, rasp, croak, wheeze, tickle in one's throat, bark, frog in one's throat,

Origin: Middle English: of imitative origin; related to Dutch kuchen ‘to cough’ and German keuchen ‘to pant’.

cough up

• give something reluctantly, especially money or information that is due or required.
"he coughed up the monthly subscription fee to continue with the service"

cough verb [ kɒf ]

cough noun

cough up

cough `verb` [ kɒf ]

cough `noun`