1. A convulsive effort to expel offending matter from the lungs.

2. To make such an effort.

3. To expectorate by coughing.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• coutch,
• caough,
• coug,
• coush,
• couger,
• coouth,
• rouph,
• courge,
• caought,
• cautgh,
• couh,
• coughes,
• couph,
• caug,
• cought,
• cauth,
• cougch,
• eough,
• cougf,
• couz

• cohosh,
• cosh,
• Coughs,
• chough,
• cog,
• tough,
• couch,
• cox,
• coach,
• cos,
• rough,
• coigue,
• Coughed.

The adverb form of "cough" is "coughingly".

The adjective form of the word "cough" is "coughing".

The plural of the "cough" can be the "coughs".

The singular of the "cough" can be the "cough".