Cough | Mean of cough in English Dictionary

/ˈkɑːf/

• Verb
• to force air through your throat with a short, loud noise often because you are sick
1. She was coughing and sneezing all day.
2. The dust made him cough.
• to make a noise like that of coughing
1. The engine coughed and sputtered and then stopped.
• to have (something, such as blood) come up through your throat and out of your mouth when you cough
1. He was coughing up blood.

• to give (something, such as money or information) to someone especially when you do not want to
1. We had to cough up an extra hundred dollars for the car rental.
2. The police made the suspect cough up the names of his accomplices.
• to fail to keep or hold (something)
1. The quarterback coughed up [=fumbled] the ball.
2. They coughed up [=lost, gave up] the lead in the second half.
• Noun
• a physical condition or illness that causes someone to cough
1. He has a cough and a cold.
2. They both have bad coughs.
3. He has a terrible smoker's cough. [=a cough caused by smoking]
• an act of coughing or the sound made when someone coughs
1. I heard a cough from the back of the church.
2. He gave a cough [=he coughed] to get my attention.
3. dry/hacking coughs