Cough ¹

Definition: To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner.

Cough ²

Definition: To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm.

Cough ³

Definition: To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse.

Cough ⁴

Definition: A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc.

Cough ⁵

Definition: The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease.

cough ⁶

Definition: the act of exhaling air suddenly with a noise

cough ⁷

Definition: sudden 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 ⁸

Definition: exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion; "The smoker coughs all day"