0 past simple and past participle of cough
1 to force air out of your lungs through your throat with a short, loud sound:
She took too big a gulp of whisky and started to cough and splutter.
She is coughing terribly.
The smoke made me cough.
As the indictments of the spring grand jury coughed and sputtered in actual trials, there was little left for which to hope.
Killjoy coughed (or laughed) the patient.
It was argued that the holding company coughed up under pressure.
