*cough*

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Coughed p. pr. & vb. n. Coughing. ] [ Cf. D. kuchen, MHG. k&unr_;chen to breathe, G. keuchen to pant, and E. chincough, the first part of which is prob. akin to cough; cf. also E. choke. ] To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cough down, to silence or put down (an objectionable speaker) by simulated coughing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cg. D. kuch. See Cough, v. i. ] 1. A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stomach cough,
Ear cough, cough due to irritation in the stomach or ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who coughs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hickup, hicket, hickock; prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. & Dan. hik, Sw. hicka, Armor. hak, hik, W. ig, F. hoquet. ] (Physiol.) A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough. [ Written also hickup or hiccup. ] [ 1913 Webster ]