Cough
Cough verb - Exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion.
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Synonyms for Cough
Hack is a synonym for cough in health topic. In some cases you can use "Hack" instead the word "Cough" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like expelling air with sound, expelled air with sound, clear your throat, frog or tickle in your throat.
How words are described
| complete | complete cough | complete hack |
| single | single cough | single hack |
| obvious | obvious cough | obvious hack |
| simple | simple cough | simple hack |
| Other adjectives: little, bad, infamous, terminal, bloody, ridiculous, pronounced, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Boomers sound like someone drowning and/or vomiting, Smokers cough and hack like a...smoker, Hunters have a very distinct growl and screech, Witches will sob and whimper, Spitters squeal softly to themselves, Jockeys laugh like madmen, and Chargers have a nasal growl like a wild boar or rhinoceros.
Source: Sound-Coded for Your Convenience - The sound effect of a child enduring whooping cough is bad enough, but then you realize that they sat beside a child, put a microphone on him, then sat and listened to him hack himself unconscious for the sake of the commercial.
Source: Fridge Horror / Advertising - Kellam: ''*Cough* *hack* Haaaaaaa... Um, it's... Well, it certainly...exists...
Source: Funny / Fire Emblem Awakening
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