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. Debbie Turley:

   I was actually exposed this week by someone who didn't know they had it, but they did have a cough, and they didn't stay home.

2. William Schaffner:

   It's not a tickle in your throat. You're not just clearing your throat. It's not just irritated. You're not putting anything out, you're not coughing anything up, the cough is bothersome, it's coming from your breastbone or sternum. and you can tell that your bronchial tubes are inflamed or irritated.

3. Joanne Merola:

   Angelina Friedman had symptoms -- fever, a dry cough, they thought Angelina Friedman might also have the flu.

4. Mohammad Islam:

   We feel it, it burns our eyes. It makes us cough and makes us unwell.

5. Prashant Saxena:

   Patients with no history of respiratory ailments are complaining of cough and breathing issues.