Reverse Dictionary: COUGH

ADJECTIVES
► BOUND tight, dry; said of a cough → 1759 obs.
► CHESTY coughing; said of a patient → L19 hospital nurses’ usage
► HACKETING dry, hard, hacking; said of a cough → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HACKLING dry, hard, hacking; said of a cough → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HASK dry, husky; said of a cough → a1722 Eng. dial.
► HICKETTY short, dry, hacking; said of a cough → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HUSKING husky, dry, rough; said of a cough → a1707 obs.
► TUSSAL pert. to a cough → 1890
► TUSSICULAR relating to a cough → 1853
► TUSSIVE caused by cough → 1853

NOUNS
► BARBER’S BREAKFAST a cough or dry retch, a glass of water and a cigarette → 1960s NZ sl.
► BARK a cough → 1871 colloq.
► BARKING harsh coughing → 1813
► BLOIFIN a cough → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOICH a short, difficult cough → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUFF a noisy cough → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUFFIN continued coughing → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CHOCCY a cough after chocolate has been in the mouth → 2003 UK sl.
► CHRISTMAS COMPLIMENTS a cough, chilblained heels, and a snotty nose → 1786 UK sl.
► CHURCHYARD COUGH a cough that is likely to terminate in death → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► CHURCHYARDER a bad cough that is likely to terminate in death → 1899 sl.
► COUGHERY a coughing place → 1693 obs.
► DARREN GOUGH a cough → 1998 UK rhyming sl.
► EPIZOOTIC a severe cough and difficult breathing → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GRAVEYARD COUGH a severe cough, esp. one associated with tuberculosis → 1873 Amer. dial.
► HACKET a short, dry wearying cough → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HASK a hoarse, dry cough → 1757 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► KANI a bad cough, usually with a temperature → 1940s W. Indies sl.
► KECHT a consumptive cough → 1824 Sc.
► KIFFLE a troublesome or tickling cough → 19C Sc.
► ON AND OFF a cough → 1998 UK rhyming sl.
► TIFT a short suppressed cough → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TUSSICULATION a slight, frequent, dry cough → 1890
► YASK a loud cough to clear the throat → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YAUP a cough → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON
► BARKER a cougher → Amer. sl., World War II usage
► BLOICHUM a person troubled by a cough → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOICHER a person having a short, difficult cough → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► HECCATTY a person having the ‘heccats’ (a short dry wearing cough)→ 1888 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KANI a person who has a bad cough → 1940s W. Indies sl.

PHRASES
► CHOKE AWAY, THE CHURCHYARD’S NEAR an admonition to anyone coughing badly → M17

VERBS
► BAFF to cough, to hack → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BAICHIE to cough → 1808 Sc.
► BARK to cough → 1871 colloq.
► BASK to cough asthmatically → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEIGH to cough → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BELL to cough hoarsely → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLOCHER to make a rough noise in coughing from phlegm → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOICH to cough with difficulty → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUFF to cough noisily → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CEFFLE – to cough slightly and sharply → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GOB to cough up, to expectorate, to spit → L19
► HACKER to cough → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HACKET to cough in a hardy, dry manner; to hack → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HARK to cough → 1967 Amer. dial.
► HARP to cough; to hack → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HASK to emit a short, dry cough; to clear the throat → 1902 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HATCH to cough → 1733 obs.
► HEAZE to cough or ‘hawk’ to wheeze; to breathe thickly and with difficulty → 1788 Eng. dial.
► HOCK A LUGGIE to cough up and spit out phlegm → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► KECHER to cough continuously → 1896 Sc.
► KECK to cough; to choke; to make a choking noise in the throat → 1878 Eng. dial.
► KECKLE to cough, to choke; to make a noise in the throat while swallowing → 1901 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KEECHLE to cough persistently → 1902 Sc.
► KIFFLE to cough when caused by a tickling sensation in the throat → 19C Sc.
► ROUGH to cough; to hawk, to clear the throat → c1330 obs.
► TIFT to cough → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TUSSICATE to cough → 1598 obs.
► YAUP to cough → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► YECK ► YEKE ► YOKE to cough; to hiccup; to retch → 1766 Sc.
► YESK ► YEX  to cough, to clear the throat, to expectorate → c1386 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.