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

(intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion. / (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.

plural of coughing

present participle of cough

A cough; the act of coughing.

plural of cough

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cough

simple past tense and past participle of cough

(medicine) A contagious disease of the respiratory system that usually affects children caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, the advanced stage of which is characterised by spasms of coughing followed by a whooping sound during the intake of breath.

Coughing without expectoration of sputum.