cough

1. (transitive)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.

   Sometimes she coughed up blood.

   husten

   выка́шливатьvykášlivatʹ, вы́кашлятьvýkašljatʹ

2. (transitive)To cause (oneself or something) to be in a certain condition in the manner described in etymology 1 sense 1.1.

   He almost coughed himself into a fit.

3. (transitive)To express (words, etc.) in the manner described in etymology 1 sense 1.1.

4. (figuratively, transitive)To surrender (information); to confess.

5. (figuratively, slang, transitive)Chiefly followed by up: to give up or hand over (something); especially, to pay up (money).

6. (intransitive)To push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth, usually to expel something blocking or irritating the airway.

   I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough.

   husten

   ка́шлятьkášljatʹ, кашляну́тьkašljanútʹ

   ка́шлятиkášljaty, кашляну́тиkašljanúty

7. (intransitive)To make a noise like a cough.

   The engine coughed and sputtered.

   husten

   ка́шлятьkášljatʹ, кашляну́тьkašljanútʹ

   ка́шлятиkášljaty

8. (intransitive, slang)To surrender information; to confess, to spill the beans.

1. Do you have any cough medicine?

   У вас є ліки від кашлю? — Ahha

   ruУ вас есть что-нибудь от кашля? — sharptoothed

   deHast du Medikamente gegen Husten? — MUIRIEL

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2. I wish I could stop coughing.

   Шкода, що я не можу перестати кашляти. — deniko

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3. Tom has been coughing all day.

   Том кашляє весь день. — deniko

   ruТом весь день кашляет. — marafon

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4. Tom's mother is worried about his cough.

   Маму Тома турбує його кашель. — deniko

   deToms Mutter sorgt sich wegen seines Hustens. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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5. You should buy some cough medicine and aspirin.

   Ти повинен купити щось від кашлю та аспірин. — ChickenKiev

   ruТы должен купить лекарство от кашля и аспирин. — Lenin_1917

   deDu solltest Hustensaft und Aspirin kaufen. — Manfredo

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regular · Lesson

• cough upTo expel from the lungs, throat, stomach, etc. by coughing.
• cough outTo remove by coughing, especially figuratively, to say through coughs.
• cough downTo drown out (a person attempting to speak) by coughing deliberately.
• cough overTo give money or other valuables, usually reluctantly.