Associations to the word «Cough»

COUGH, verb. To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.

COUGH, verb. To make a noise like a cough.

COUGH, noun. A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.

COUGH, noun. A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.

COUGH, noun. Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame

COUGH BUTTON, noun. (broadcasting) A button that temporarily stops the recording and transmission of a radio show.

COUGH BUTTONS, noun. Plural of cough button

COUGH DROP, noun. A small, medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to temporarily stop coughs

COUGH DROPS, noun. Plural of cough drop

COUGH MIXTURE, noun. A medicine to treat coughs, usually in liquid or syrup form.

COUGH MIXTURES, noun. Plural of cough mixture

COUGH SYRUP, noun. A liquid used to ease a sore throat and possibly suppress excess coughing.

COUGH SYRUPS, noun. Plural of cough syrup

COUGH UP, verb. To expel from the lungs, throat, etc. by coughing

COUGH UP, verb. (idiomatic) (transitive) (informal) to reluctantly or unwillingly give

COUGH UP, verb. (of money) to pay, disburse

COUGH UP, verb. (of other objects) to hand over, give

COUGH UP, verb. (idiomatic) to lose a competition by one's own mistakes, usually near the end of the contest

COUGH UP, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) To spill, to fumble

COUGH, noun. 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.

COUGH, verb. Exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion; "The smoker coughs all day".