cough : Idioms & Phrases

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chin cough

Chin" cough"
Etymology
For chink cough; cf. As. cincung long laughter, Scot. kink a violent fit of coughing, akin to MHG. kichen to pant. Cf. Kinknaust, Cough.
Definitions
  1. Whooping cough.
Webster 1913

cough drop

  • noun a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat
    pastille; pastil; troche.
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cough out

  • verb discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
    cough out; expectorate; spit up; spit out.
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cough up

  • verb give reluctantly
    spit up; pony up.
    • He coughed up some money for his children's tuition
  • verb discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
    cough out; expectorate; spit up; spit out.
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coughing up

  • noun the act of expelling (food or phlegm) by coughing
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Hooping cough

  • . (Med.) See Whooping cough.
Webster 1913

Stomach cough, Ear cough

  • cough due to irritation in the stomach or ear.
Webster 1913

To cough down

  • to silence or put down (an objectionable speaker) by simulated coughing.
Webster 1913

Whooping cough

  • noun a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
    pertussis.
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  • (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough. Dunglison.
Webster 1913

Winter cough

  • (Med.), a form of chronic bronchitis marked by a cough recurring each winter.
Webster 1913