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cough verb

  /kɑf/ , /kɒf/ , /kɔf/ , /kɔːf/
  • 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 make a noise like a cough.
 hosta

cough noun

  /kɑf/ , /kɒf/ , /kɔf/ , /kɔːf/
  • A bout of repeated coughing (verb sense 2.1); also, a medical condition that causes one to cough.
 hosta
  • A sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
 hostning, hosta

cough interjection

  /kɑf/ , /kɒf/ , /kɔf/ , /kɔːf/
  • 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.
 host
whooping cough
kikhosta
cough syrup
hostmedicin
cough up
pröjsa, slösa, sprätta
cough medicine
hostmedicin
dry cough
rethosta, torrhosta
smoker's cough
rökhosta
churchyard cough
kyrkogårdshosta
cough mixture
hostmedicin
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