Rhyme Dictionary
Rhymes with “Coughing”
To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
♬56 rhyming words found
🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Coughing"
6 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "coughing" — same ending sound.
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Coughing"
50 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| sobbing | 2 | noun | Act of one who sobs; a crying or weeping. |
| throbbing | 2 | noun | Beating or pounding strongly. |
| shocking | 2 | noun | Inspiring shock; startling. |
| drawing | 2 | noun | A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper. |
| stalking | 2 | noun | The crime of following or harassing another person, causing that person to fear death or injury. |
| watching | 2 | noun | The act of one who watches. |
| coffin | 2 | noun | A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial. |
| calling | 2 | noun | A job or occupation. |
| often | 2 | Frequently; many times on different occasions. | |
| soften | 2 | verb | (transitive) To make something soft or softer. |
| causing | 2 | noun | the act of causing something to happen |
| falling | 2 | a real-time card game from James Ernest in which all players are falling from the sky for no apparent reason. | |
| tossing | 2 | noun | The motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling. |
| yawning | 2 | noun | The action of the verb yawn. |
| popping | 2 | noun | The act or sound of something that pops. |
| nodding | 2 | noun | The act by which one nods. |
| jogging | 2 | noun | The practice of running at a relatively slow pace for exercise. |
| knocking | 2 | noun | An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced |
| talking | 2 | noun | The action of the verb talk. |
| rocking | 2 | noun | Shaking, swaying or moving back and forth. |
| squashing | 2 | noun | The act by which something is squashed; a pressing. |
| pausing | 2 | noun | A pause. |
| blocking | 2 | noun | The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction. |
| dropping | 2 | noun | The act of something that drops or falls. |
| offing | 2 | noun | (figuratively) The foreseeable future. Chiefly in the phrase in the offing. |
| hopping | 2 | noun | The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing. |
| rotting | 2 | noun | The process by which something rots. |
| boffin | 2 | noun | (Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, informal) An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research. |
| plotting | 2 | noun | The act of scheming or making plots; machination. |
| calming | 2 | noun | That calms; soothing, relaxing |
| walking | 2 | Characterized by or suitable for walking. | |
| stocking | 2 | noun | (footwear) A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear. |
| topping | 2 | noun | Any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza. |
| shopping | 2 | noun | The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy. |
| laughing | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter. |
| chopping | 2 | noun | The action by which something is chopped; the act of assailing something with chops. |
| pedestrian crossing | 6 | noun | A place where pedestrians are permitted to or advised to cross a street. |
| bossing | 2 | noun | (architecture) A boss; a projecting element. |
| stoping | 2 | noun | (mining) The removal of the desired ore from an underground mine, leaving behind an open space known as a stope. |
| washing | 2 | noun | (countable) The action of the verb to wash |
| stopping | 2 | noun | The act of something that stops; a halt. |
| potting | 2 | noun | The placing of something in a pot. |
| balling | 2 | noun | (African-American Vernacular, slang) Synonym of sexual intercourse. |
| level crossing | 4 | noun | (chiefly British) An at-grade crossing between a railway line and an ordinary road, with rails and road at the same level. |
| grade crossing | 3 | noun | (chiefly US) An at-grade crossing between a railroad line and an ordinary road, with tracks and road at the same level. |
| zebra crossing | 4 | noun | (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes painted parallel to the street. |
| robbing | 2 | noun | robbery |
| golfing | 2 | noun | A session of playing golf. |
| mobbing | 2 | noun | Group bullying. |
| flossing | 2 | noun | (countable) The act of removing food and plaque from one's teeth using dental floss. |
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