coughing
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coughing
verb
- present participle and gerund of cough
noun coughings
- 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 […]
- 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 ma
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Closest in meaning: drops, everybody, bark, barking, hawk, hawking, hack, hacking, retching, sputter, wheeze, sputtering, choke, choking, gag, gagging
Talk about this word "coughing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/coughing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. coughing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/coughing "coughing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/coughing.Cite this
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title = {coughing},
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