coughs
Because it is a word with a single syllable, coughs is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofcoughs
- A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.
Example: "Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough."
- A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.
Example: "Sorry, I can't come to work today – I've got a nasty cough."
- Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame
Example: "He was – cough – indisposed."
- To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
Example: "I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough."
- (sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.
Example: "Sometimes she coughed (up) blood."
- To make a noise like a cough.
Example: "The engine coughed and sputtered."
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