Definitions from Wiktionary (cough)

▸ verb:  (transitive, medicine)
▸ 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).
▸ Also see cough

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