Cough

Verb

 * 1) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
 * 2) To make a noise like a cough

Noun

 * 1) A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.
 * 2) A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.

Adjectives for Cough
bad; monotonous; persistent; sinister; low irritable; slight; little; sharp; tremendous sepulchral; muffled; hectic; distressing hacking; dubious; apologetic; troublesome churchyard; shattering; discreet; annoyed wheezing; timid; dismal; hollow; smothered; premonitory.

Verbs for Cough
affect with—; afflict with—;  bark—; characterize  by—; contract—; dose—; ease—; relieve—; stifle—; subdue—; suffer with—; —attacks; —disturbs; —drowns; —expels; —expresses; —indicates; —irritates; —persists; —strangles; —warns; —weakens.

Adverbs for Cough
incessantly; huskily; heavily; significantly; discreetly; agonizingly; apologetically; monotonously; persistently; sinisterly; sepulchrally; muffledly; hectically; hackingly; distressingly; troublesomely; exhaustingly; wheezingly; dismally.

Thesaurus
sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snoring, snort, snuff, snuffle, sternutation, stertor, suspiration, wheeze, wind, Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, blow, breath, breath of air, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, breathing, broken wind, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, expel, expiration, expire, exsufflation, gasp, gulp, hack, hiccup, huff, inhalation, inhalator, inhale, inspiration, inspire, insufflation, iron lung, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, puff, respiration, respire, scuba, sigh,

Etymology
From a imitative base *kox- (unattested in Old English, but probably present as *cohhian; compare cohhetan:). Cognate with Dutch kuchen:, German keuchen:.

Derived terms

 * cougher
 * cough up

Verb

 * Arabic: سعل
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: кашлям
 * Catalan: tossir
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: खांसना
 * Hungarian: köhög
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 咳をする
 * Korean: 기침하다 (gichim hada)
 * Kurdish: ,


 * Lao: ('ai)
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: klepot, kāsēt
 * Lithuanian: kosėti
 * Persian: سرفیدن,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, кашлянуть
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dèan casad
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кашљати
 * Roman: kašljati
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kohoa
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: сулфидан
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: کھانسنا


 * Arabic: سعل
 * Bulgarian: кашлям
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 咳払いをする


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, кашлянуть
 * Scots:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: {{t|sh|кашљати]]
 * Roman: kašljati
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kohoa
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * Arabic: سعال
 * Armenian: հազ
 * Bulgarian: кашлица
 * Catalan: tos
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, , yskä
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: खांसी
 * Italian:, colpo di tosse
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 기침 (gichim)
 * Kurdish: ,


 * Latvian: klepus, kāss
 * Lithuanian: kosulys
 * Meru:
 * Persian: سرفه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кашаљ
 * Roman: kašalj
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: hostning
 * Tajik: сулфа
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: کھانسی


 * Armenian: հազ
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian: кашлица
 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek: βήχας (víkhas)
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:


 * Russian:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic: casad
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: каш
 * Roman: kašalj
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kohozi
 * Swedish:


 * : hu'u
 * : ઉધરસ
 * : batuk
 * : tusse
 * : tussir
 * : खोकला
 * : tos
 * : దగ్గు (daggu)
 * : u'u