Synonyms for cough
kɔf, kɒfcough

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1. cough, coughingverb

   a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

   Synonyms:
   coughing

2. coughverb

   exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion

   "The smoker coughs all day"

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1. • Expectorate

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1. coughnoun

   Associated words:
   bechic, tussicular, pectoral, tussive

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1. List of paraphrases for "cough":

   coughing, pertussis, dickey

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1. Erika Sward:

   Like a menthol cough drop does when Richard Besser have a sore throat, it soothes.

2. Brett Brown:

   To just come down and cough it up after you've played decent defense for most of the game... it's deflating for them and what we're trying to build.

3. Wynter Finley:

   She was already experiencing it, you go through stages of getting a bloated stomach, feeling really lethargic and tired, having a cough. And she started showing those symptoms. But we didn’t think anything of it.

4. Nicole Lewis ':

   I also want to keep other people safe in case Aubrey Marshall daughter does get sick, because Aubrey Marshall daughter hasn't been vaccinated, aubrey Marshall daughter didn't like( still having to wear a mask), but Aubrey Marshall daughter continues to do it. Aubrey Marshall daughter's experiencing some health anxiety, so every time I cough, Aubrey Marshall daughter's concerned.

5. Lisa Keller:

   It's definitely different now than it was two, three years ago, from a provider's perspective, you have your challenging and stressful days, but now you hear a kid cough [ and you wonder if ] this kid has a cold, and it's no big deal, or we could be shutting down for 20 days.