(transitive) To drown out (a person attempting to speak) by coughing deliberately.

Coughing with expectoration of sputum.

(film, theater) A minor role. / (UK, colloquial) A very short distance.

plural of vampire cough

(informal) A cough directed into the crook of one's elbow to avoid the spread of germs.

cough drops

Alternative spelling of whooping cough

(informal, preceded by definite article) COVID-19

Synonym of black lung

(medicine) A chronic cough that has no underlying organic cause or medical diagnosis, and does not respond to conventional medical treatment.