Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 3 compound words that contain coughs. The most common are listed below. Open coughs in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- churchyard coughsplural of churchyard cough: A severe cough. (condition that causes one to cough, tendency to cough)
- coughs downthird-person singular simple present indicative of cough down: To drown out (a person attempting to speak) by coughing deliberately.
- coughs outthird-person singular simple present indicative of cough out: To remove by coughing, especially figuratively, to say through coughs.
- coughs overthird-person singular simple present indicative of cough over: To give money or other valuables, usually reluctantly.
- coughs upthird-person singular simple present indicative of cough up: To expel from the lungs, throat, stomach, etc. by coughing.
- dry coughsplural of dry cough: Coughing without expectoration of sputum.
- habit coughsplural of habit cough: A chronic cough that has no underlying organic cause or medical diagnosis, and does not respond to conventional medical treatment.
- hacking coughsplural of hacking cough: A small and frequent cough, usually short and dry; a broken cough with a rough and loud sound; a hacking cough.
- trouser coughsplural of trouser cough: A flatus; an emission of digestive gases from the anus.
- vampire coughsplural of vampire cough: A cough directed into the crook of one's elbow to avoid the spread of germs.
- wet coughsplural of wet cough: Coughing with expectoration of sputum.
- whooping coughsplural of whooping cough: 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 …
- hooping coughsplural of hooping cough: 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 …
- smoker's coughsplural of smoker's cough: A persistent cough resulting from habitual smoking.
- chin coughsplural of chin cough: 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 …
Compound words 3
- Ayscoughsplural of Ayscough: A surname.
- chincoughsplural of chincough: Alternative form of chin cough (“whooping cough”).
- hiccoughsplural of hiccough: A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.