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What does cough mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word cough? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
  2. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.
  3. (intransitive) To make a noise like a cough.
Noun
  1. A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.
  2. A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.
  3. Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame
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