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whooping-cough

whooping-cough is the alternative form of whooping cough.

Meaning of whooping cough

Noun

whooping cough (countable and uncountable, plural whooping coughs)

  1. A contagious disease of the respiratory system that usually affects children caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, the advanced stage of which is characterised by spasms of coughing followed by a whooping sound during the intake of breath.

Questions about whooping-cough

What is whooping-cough the alternative form of?
Whooping-cough is the alternative form of whooping cough.

Words near whooping-cough in the dictionary

  1. whooping coughs
  2. whooping crane
  3. whooping cranes
  4. whooping it up
  5. whooping swan
  6. whooping-cough
  7. whooping-crane
  8. whooping-cranes
  9. whoopingly
  10. whoopings
  11. whoopla

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