Plural of cough
regular plural
The plural of cough is coughs.
Forms of cough
| Singular | cough /kɒf/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | coughs |
| Countable | countable |
Coughs in a sentence
- I try to scream but my throat merely coughs up bile.2014, Gary J Byrnes, Thriller Box Set. From the entry biting point
- And you thought those coughs were part of the concertgoing experience.1988 October 7, Harold Henderson, “The City File”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry concertgoing
- One or two coughs signified 1 or 2.2019 March 26, Alvin Townley, Captured: An American Prisoner of War in North Vietnam (Scholastic Focus), Scholastic Inc., →ISBN. From the entry hock
- He coughs all the time, jes' like Mr.2015, Alice Hegan Rice, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, →ISBN, page 124. From the entry consumpted
- The same way people will count the seconds between lightning and thunder, I counted the seconds between coughs.2013, Chuck Palahniuk, “December 21, 9:33 A.M. CST”, in Doomed. From the entry alligator
Meaning of cough
- 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.
- verb To cause (oneself or something) to be in a certain condition in the manner described in etymology 1 sense 1.1.
- verb To express (words, etc.) in the manner described in etymology 1 sense 1.1.
Questions about the plural of cough
- What is the plural of cough?
- The plural of cough is coughs.
- Is cough countable?
- Cough is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cough (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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