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coughs
 
Noun cough has 2 senses
  1. cough, coughing - 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
    --1 is a kind of symptom
    --1 is a part of respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder
    Derived form: verb cough1
  2. cough, coughing - the act of exhaling air suddenly with a noise
    --2 is a kind of exhalation, expiration, breathing out
    Derived form: verb cough1
Verb cough has 1 sense
  1. cough - exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion; "The smoker coughs all day"
    --1 is one way to     expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out
    Derived forms: noun cough2, noun cough1, noun coughing2, noun coughing1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
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