Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coughing

1 sense of coughing

Sense 1
cough, coughing -- (a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis)
       => symptom -- ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cough

1 sense of cough

Sense 1
cough -- (exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion; "The smoker coughs all day")
       => expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out -- (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth)
          Phrasal Verb-> cough out#1; cough up#2; cough up#1