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Meaning
Verb
●
Sometimes
followed by
up: to
force
(something)
out of
the
lungs
or
throat
by
pushing
air
from the
lungs
through the
glottis
(causing a
short
,
explosive
sound
), and out through the mouth.
●
To cause (oneself
or something
) to be in a certain
condition
in the
manner
described
in
sense
1.1.
●
To
express
(words, etc.) in the
manner
described
in
sense
1.1.
●
To
surrender
(information); to confess.
●
In American English:
Chiefly
followed by
up: to
give up
or
hand over
(something); especially, to
pay up
(money).
●
To
push
air
from the
lungs
through the
glottis
(causing a
short
,
explosive
sound
) and out through the
mouth
, usually to
expel
something
blocking
or
irritating
the
air
way.
●
To make a
noise
like a cough.
●
In American English:
To
surrender
information; to
confess
, to
spill
the beans.
Noun
●
A
sudden
, often
involuntary
expulsion
of
air
from the
lungs
through the
glottis
(causing a
short
,
explosive
sound
), and out through the mouth.
●
A
bout
of
repeated
coughing
(verb
sense
2.1); also, a
medical condition
that
causes
one to cough.
●
A
noise
or
sound
like a
cough
(sense 1).
Intj
●
Used to
represent
the
sound
of a
cough
(noun
sense
1), especially when
focusing
attention
on a
following
utterance
, often an
attribution
of
blame
or a
euphemism
: ahem.
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