Meanings (ES + gloss)
tos
A sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough.
Dwining ventured to give a low cough once or twice, by way of signal; […]
tos
A bout of repeated coughing (verb etymology 1, sense 2.1); also, a medical condition that causes one to cough.
Sorry, I can’t come to work today—I’ve got a nasty cough.
whooping cough
Phrases
Holocoughcough and a spitcough attackcough buttoncough candycough capsulecough dropcough drugcough expectorantcough fracturecough impulsecough linctuscough lollycough lozengecough medicinecough mixturecough musclecough pillcough preparationcough reflexcough relievercough remedycough suppressantcough sweetcough syncopecough syrupcough tabletcough teacough testcoughyhiccoughsoften someone's coughupper airway cough syndrome
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
toser
To push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth, usually to expel something blocking or irritating the airway.
"Did your lordship's servant see Simon Glover and his daughter?" said Henry, struggling for breath, and coughing, to conceal from the Provost the excess of his agitation.
I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough.
toser
To make a noise like a cough.
The engine coughed and sputtered.
Wake up, by-and-by, and look to see what done it, and maybe see a steamboat, coughing along up stream, so far off towards the other side you couldn't tell nothing about her only wh…