cough
noun
1 cough
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.
synonym: coughing.
Dutch: hoest, kuch
Polish: kaszel
verb
1 cough
Exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion.
Roget 349: blow, waft; blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane etc. n.; wuther†; stream, issue. respire, breathe, puff; ... show more
Dutch: ik ben zat, kuch, hoesten, kuchen, reutelen, rochelen
Moby thesaurus: Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, blow, breath, breath of air, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, breathing, broken wind, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, expel, expiration, expire, exsufflation ... show more.
debug info: 0.0326