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Coughing
noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A cough; the act of coughing.
"The good signor's little address was received in a variety of ways: there were titterings and coughings, and there were also a few instances of noble and generous response to poor Leonard's action […]"
- 2 a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis wordnet
- 3 A repetitive vocalisation of a bird or other animal that resembles human coughing.
"The nocturnal sounds of the mountains were new to him, yet they fell upon his ears like the soft voice of a half-forgotten love. Many he intuitively sensed—ah, there was one that was familiar indeed; the distant coughing of Sheeta, the leopard; but there was a strange note in the final wail which made him doubt."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of cough form-of, gerund, participle, present
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