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cough
Verb
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If you cough, you quickly blow air out and make a noise because of a feeling in the throat.
This cold is terrible. I was coughing and sneezing all night.
She coughed to get his attention.
cough
Noun
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A cough is the action or sound of quickly blowing air out because of a feeling in the throat.
My doctor gave me some medicine for my cough.
Her cough was so bad that she was coughing up blood.
reflex
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noun
an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
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adjective
(= automatic, reflexive)
without volition or conscious control
the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light
a reflex knee jerk
sneezing is reflexive