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. Prashant Saxena:

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

2. Daniel Gardner:

   It wasn't simply the irritating Beijing cough that was attacking residents daily — it was something much worse.

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. The CDC:

   Relatively few children with COVID-19 are hospitalized, and fewer children than adults experience fever, cough, or shortness of breath.

5. 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.

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