Past tense of cough

Forms of cough

Coughed in a sentence

• Sometimes she coughed up blood.
• Jeeves coughed one soft, low, gentle cough like a sheep with a blade of grass stuck in its throat, and then stood gazing serenely at the landscape.1923 May 17, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “The Great Sermon Handicap”, in The Inimitable Jeeves, Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]...
• That team had the game won, but they coughed it up in the end.From the entry cough up
• He coughed violently and spat out the catarrh irritating his throat.From the entry catarrh
• She coughed as she exhaled. Sixties weed had been nowhere near this strong.From the entry sixties

Meaning of cough

1. 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.
2. verb To cause (oneself or something) to be in a certain condition in the manner described in etymology 1 sense 1.1.
3. verb To express (words, etc.) in the manner described in etymology 1 sense 1.1.

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Questions about the past tense of cough

What is the past tense of cough?

The past tense of cough is coughed.

What is the past participle of cough?

The past participle of cough is coughed.

Is cough a regular or irregular verb?

Cough is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.