transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒf, AM kɔ:f ]
( coughs, coughing, coughed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
When you cough , you force air out of your throat with a sudden, harsh noise. You often cough when you are ill, or when you are nervous or want to attract someone’s attention.
Graham began to cough violently...
He coughed. ‘Excuse me, Mrs Allsworthy, could I have a word?’
VERB : V , V
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Cough is also a noun.
They were interrupted by an apologetic cough.
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• cough‧ing
He was then overcome by a terrible fit of coughing.
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2.
A cough is an illness in which you cough often and your chest or throat hurts.
...if you have a persistent cough for over a month.
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3.
If you cough blood or mucus, it comes up out of your throat or mouth when you cough.
I started coughing blood so they transferred me to a hospital.
VERB : V n
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Cough up means the same as cough .
On the chilly seas, Keats became feverish, continually coughing up blood.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , also V n P