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Definition cough in British English

cough noun

[countable] noun
/kɒf/
1

an illness in which you cough often and sometimes your throat and lungs hurt

2

the action of coughing, or the sound you make when you cough

Example

He gave an embarrassed cough and looked at the floor.

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Definition cough in British English