Толковый словарь английского языка - cough
Cough
cough
I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English *cohhian; akin to Middle High German kūchen to breathe heavily Date: 14th century intransitive verb to expel air from the lungs suddenly with an explosive noise, to make a noise like that of ~ing, transitive verb to expel by ~ing, II. noun Date: 14th century a condition marked by repeated or frequent ~ing, an act or sound of ~ing
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v. & n. --v.intr. 1 expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound produced by abrupt opening of the glottis, to remove an obstruction or congestion. 2 (of an engine, gun, etc.) make a similar sound. 3 sl. confess. --n. 1 an act of coughing. 2 a condition of the respiratory organs causing coughing. 3 a tendency to cough. Phrases and idioms cough drop (or sweet) a medicated lozenge to relieve a cough. cough mixture a liquid medicine to relieve a cough. cough out 1 eject by coughing. 2 say with a cough. cough up 1 = cough out. 2 sl. bring out or give (money or information) reluctantly. Derivatives cougher n. Etymology: ME coghe, cowhe, rel. to MDu. kuchen, MHG kuchen, of imit. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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