Word "COUGH" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
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
Synonyms:
coughing

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
Examples:
The smoker coughs all day

Crossword Clues for COUGH

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Cold symptom?
Symptom of a chest cold
Attention-getting sound Foreign Films
Opera's interruption? Company's expression of displeasure (5)
*Flu symptom that ends the same as 17a, 19a, 47a and 46d, but does not rhyme
PlusWord No 1013 solution The Telegraph Plusword 28 Feb 2025
Chest-clearing reaction
Splutter (5)
Clear one's lungs (5)
Company to hug somehow and give a sort of bark (5)
Clear your throat The Telegraph Quick 29 Nov 2024
Cold symptom?
Clear one's throat loudly The Times Concise 23 Oct 2024
Noisy flu symptom
Attention-getting sound New York Times 07 Aug 2024
Wheeze from manager Brian after leaving league (5)
Accompaniment to a cold (5)
Lozenge target LA Times Daily 02 Apr 2024
Choke on
*Flu symptom that ends the same as 17a, 19a, 47a and 46d, but does not rhyme
A sound sort of mixture
PlusWord No 638
Way to announce a festive toast, or sign of a winter illness? (5)
Confess to a crime The Telegraph Quick 03 Jul 2023
Hack The Telegraph Quick 03 Jun 2023
*Clear one's throat, in a way (rhymes with "off")
Hack The Telegraph Quick 04 Aug 2022
Cold symptom?
Hack is caught looting first from the necessary
Disruptive audience sound USA Today 03 Jun 2021
Hack The Telegraph Quick 13 Feb 2021
Symptom of toxic gas that makes me sick?
Discreet attention-getter Thomas Joseph 15 Aug 2020
Cold sign The Washington Post Sunday 10 Nov 2019
Confess (sl.) The Telegraph Quick 03 Sep 2019
Expel air from lungs
Clear throat The Telegraph Quick 25 Jul 2018
Clear one's throat The Times Concise 20 Nov 2017
Complaint about ring – I hate it
Do as the doctor says Universal 27 Oct 2016
Do as the doctor says
Confess to a crime The Telegraph Quick 23 Jun 2015
Abrupt exhalation The Telegraph Quick 10 Apr 2015
Robitussin target
Sound from a hacker?
Sort of syrup
Doctor's request
Hacker's problem
Lozenge target
Singer's nemesis
Give a subtle signal, perhaps
Smoker's ailment
Clear one's throat, in a way
Hear 39-Across
Drop target
Drop target
It may accompany "Ahem!"
Cold symptom
Discrete attention-getter
Cold symptom
Cold symptom
Cold symptom
Flu symptom, sometimes
Triaminic target
Show impatience, in a way
Kind of drop
Robitussin target
___ up (hand over)
Engine sound
Clear one's throat, perhaps
Kind of drop
Coryza symptom
"I call bullshit" sound
Attention-getting sound.
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