What is the meaning of Cough?

  1. Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.

    Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.

    To cause (oneself or something) to be in a certain condition in the manner described in sense 1.1.

    To express (words, etc.) in the manner described in sense 1.1.

    1. To surrender (information); to confess.
    2. Chiefly followed by up: to give up or hand over (something); especially, to pay up (money).

    To surrender (information); to confess.

    Chiefly followed by up: to give up or hand over (something); especially, to pay up (money).

    1. To push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth, usually to expel something blocking or irritating the airway.

      To push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth, usually to expel something blocking or irritating the airway.

      To make a noise like a cough.

      To surrender information; to confess, to spill the beans.

      A sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.

      A bout of repeated coughing (verb sense 2.1); also, a medical condition that causes one to cough.

      A noise or sound like a cough (sense 1).

      Used to represent the sound of a cough (noun sense 1), especially when focusing attention on a following utterance, often an attribution of blame or a euphemism: ahem.

      coughing

      Source: wiktionary.org