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. 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.

2. Utah Rep. Ben McAdams:

   Utah Rep. Ben McAdams've said I can take Tylenol to watch the fever, but there's really nothing we can do, i can take cough medicine, I haven't, but there's really nothing we can do other than just take it easy.

3. Gayle King:

   But at points... at points during the conversation Gayle King would cough very loudly... so they were aware that Gayle King was there.

4. Michelle Cordes:

   We all developed a cough. We all had post-nasal drip. I had the itchy kind of throat, and my husband and I both had night sweats for like four nights in a row, mild.

5. Nasreen Gul:

   When we burned wood for fuel, the smoke from the stove would spread throughout our home and we would cough and feel pain in our eyes, now cooking food and doing other chores in the kitchen has become considerably easier and stress-free. We use an electric stove as electricity is much cheaper and readily available.