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▸ verb: 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.
▸ verb: To cause (oneself or something) to be in a certain condition in the manner described in sense 1.1.
▸ verb: To express (words, etc.) in the manner described in sense 1.1.
▸ verb: (figurative)
▸ verb: To surrender (information); to confess.
▸ verb: (originally US, slang) Chiefly followed by up: to give up or hand over (something); especially, to pay up (money).
▸ verb: (intransitive)
▸ verb: 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.
▸ verb: To make a noise like a cough.
▸ verb: (originally US, slang) To surrender information; to confess, to spill the beans.
▸ noun: A sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
▸ noun: A bout of repeated coughing (verb sense 2.1); also, a medical condition that causes one to cough.
▸ noun: (figurative) A noise or sound like a cough (sense 1).
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Types:
dry cough,
wet cough,
productive cough,
chronic cough,
acute cough,
whooping cough,
asthmatic cough,
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