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Cough(health)
cough(1)(dictionary)
cough(medicine)
Whooping cough(health)
whooping cough(dictionary)
whooping cough(encyclopedia)
cough 1, verb(dictionary)
cough 2, noun(dictionary)
cough mixture(dictionary)

cough(1) (iou)



cough noun. ME.
[from the verb.]
A tendency to cough; a disorder of the respiratory tract manifesting itself in bouts of coughing. Formerly the cough. ME.
smoker's cough: see SMOKER. whooping-cough: see WHOOPING ppl adjective.
Shakespeare 2 Henry IV What disease hast thou?..A whoreson cold, sir, a cough, sir.
A single act of coughing; a sudden expulsion of air from the lungs with a noise produced by abrupt opening of the glottis. M18.
Joyce He announced his presence by that gentle..cough which so many have tried..to imitate.
b. The sound of a shell being fired or bursting. colloq. E20.
Comb.: cough candy N. Amer. = cough-sweet below; cough drop (a) a medicated lozenge taken to relieve a cough; (b) slang an awkward or disagreeable person or thing; cough medicine, cough mixture a medicinal concoction for the relief of a cough; cough-sweet: medicated to relieve a cough.