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, cough

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. Phil Donahue:

   This was a catastrophic injury, tomas was imprisoned in bed. He couldn't even cough.

2. Lejla Szabo:

   I thought the flu -- you have a cough and cold and you stay home for two days, it didn't cross my mind it could lead to something this serious.

3. Kenneth Oliver:

   Youre single-celled for most of the time and every time you leave the cell or are escorted out you have to strip naked and bend over and cough.

4. Donald Trump:

   If you're going to cough, please leave the room. You just can't, you just can't cough, boy, oh boy.

5. Utah Rep. Ben McAdams:

   I am at home, feeling about as sick as I've ever been, it's really labored breathing, I feel like I have a belt around my chest that's really tight. When I cough, my muscles are so sore, so I just feel pain every time I cough, which is frequently.