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How to pronounce “cough”

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Pronunciation guide for cough

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of cough with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
What Happens As We Die?it won't make them cough or swallow.
Definition summary
(transitive, medicine)

Example 1 of 8

How to pronounce cough

What Happens As We Die?

it won't make them cough or swallow.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “cough”

Meaning

  • [Verb]
  • (transitive, medicine)
  • (intransitive)
  • [Noun]
  • A sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
  • A bout of repeated coughing (verb sense 2.1); also, a medical condition that causes one to cough.
  • (figurative) A noise or sound like a cough (sense 1).
  • A vocalisation from a bird or other animal resembling a human cough.
  • [Interjection]
  • Used to represent the sound of a cough (noun sense 1), especially when focusing attention on a following utterance, often an attribution of blame or a euphemism: ahem.

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