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coughee

coughee noun: someone who is coughed upon.

Noun

coughee (plural coughees)

  1. Someone who is coughed upon.
    • Coordinate term: cougher
    • You should cover your mouth when you cough so you don't spray spittle all over an unlucky coughee.

Examples of coughee in a sentence

  • The lone cough, along with the minimal multiple cough, need not be recognized by cougher or coughee.1997, Alex J. Packer, edited by Pamela Espeland, How Rude! The Teenagers' Guide to Good Manners, Proper Behavior, and Not Grossing People...
  • Another group of researchers set two mannequins next to each other, simulated a cough from one of them, and then measured how many particles made it from the cougher to the coughee.)2022, Bill Gates, How to Prevent the Next Pandemic, New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 107:

Forms of coughee

pluralcoughees

Origin of coughee

From cough + -ee.

Questions about coughee

What does coughee mean?
Coughee means someone who is coughed upon.
How do you use coughee in a sentence?
The lone cough, along with the minimal multiple cough, need not be recognized by cougher or coughee.
What part of speech is coughee?
Coughee is a noun.
What is the plural of coughee?
The plural of coughee is coughees.

Words near coughee in the dictionary

  1. coughed
  2. coughed down
  3. coughed out
  4. coughed over
  5. coughed up
  6. coughee
  7. coughees
  8. Coughenour
  9. Coughenours
  10. cougher
  11. coughers

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