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41cough — 1. (of a criminal) to give information to the police A common variant of the singing theme, which can include confessing to your own guilt: I could go up Grosvenor Street and cough it all. (Theroux, 1976 he was threatening to give… …
42cough up — informal give something, especially money, reluctantly. → cough …
43cough — verb 1》 expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound. 2》 (of an engine) make a sudden harsh noise, especially as a sign of malfunction. 3》 (cough up) informal give something, especially money, reluctantly. ↘Brit. reveal information;… …
44cough up — we need to cough up the rent by next Thursday Syn: pay, pay up, come up with, hand over, dish out, part with; fork out, shell out, lay out, ante up, pony up …
45cough — 1. verb he coughed loudly Syn: hack, hawk, bark, clear one s throat 2. noun a loud cough Syn: bark, hack; informal frog in one s throat …
46cough — Kunu, ehē, ahē, ahē ahē, kalea. Also: uhū uhū, nokonoko, kuhō, ōkunukunu. See whooping cough …
47Cough it up! — exclam. Give me the money (or some other thing that you are trying to keep from me) now! □ You owe me 20 bucks. Cough it up! …
48cough — see love and a cough cannot be hid …
49cough — [14] Although it is largely disguised by the modern English pronunciation, cough is of onomatopoeic origin. It came from a prehistoric Germanic base *kokh (the kh pronounced not unlike the ch of loch), which initiated the sound of coughing. This… …
50Cough medicine — Cough syrup redirects here. For the Young the Giant song, see Cough Syrup (song). Cough medicine often contains cough suppressants or expectorants. A cough medicine (or linctus, when in syrup form) is a medicinal drug used in an attempt to treat… …
