coughing
verb
- 1
To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
“I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough.”
- 2
(sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.
“Sometimes she coughed (up) blood.”
- 3
To make a noise like a cough.
“The engine coughed and sputtered.”
noun
- 1
A cough; the act of coughing.
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