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.
Sometimes she coughed up blood.
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.
Sometimes she coughed up blood.
verb To cause (oneself or something) to be in a certain condition in the manner described in etymology 1 sense 1.1.
He almost coughed himself into a fit.
verb To express (words, etc.) in the manner described in etymology 1 sense 1.1.
verb To surrender (information); to confess. Chiefly followed by up: to give up or hand over (something); especially, to pay up (money).
verb To surrender (information); to confess.
verb Chiefly followed by up: to give up or hand over (something); especially, to pay up (money).
verb 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 airway.
I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough.