whoost
whoost verb: to cough.
Verb
whoost (third-person singular simple present whoosts, present participle whoosting, simple past and past participle whoosted)
- To cough.
Noun
whoost (plural whoosts)
- A cough.
Forms of whoost
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | whoosts |
| present participle | whoosting |
| past participle | whoosted |
| past | whoosted |
| alternative form | hoost |
| alternative Scotland | whost |
| Noun | |
| plural | whoosts |
Origin of whoost
From Middle English hostyn, from Old English hwōstan (“to cough”), from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną, *hwōstāną (“to cough”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷās- (“to cough”). Cognate with Scots whust (“to cough”), Saterland Frisian hoostje (“to cough”), West Frisian hoastje (“to cough”), Dutch hoesten (“to cough”), German Low German hoosten (“to cough”), Danish hoste (“to cough”), Swedish hosta (“to cough”), Icelandic hósta (“to cough”). Non-Germanic cognates include Irish casacht (“cough”) and Welsh pas (“cough”).
From Middle English host, from Old English hwōsta (“a cough”), from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô (“a cough”). Cognate with German Husten (“a cough”), Alemannic German Wüeste (“a cough”), Danish hoste (“a cough”), Icelandic hósti (“a cough”).
Questions about whoost
- What does whoost mean?
- Whoost means to cough.
- What part of speech is whoost?
- Whoost can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of whoost?
- The past tense of whoost is whoosted.
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