[{"word":"coughs","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough."},{"definition":"A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Sorry, I can't come to work today – I've got a nasty cough."},{"definition":"Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He was – cough – indisposed."}],"synonyms":["tussis"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough."},{"definition":"(sometimes followed by \"up\") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Sometimes she coughed (up) blood."},{"definition":"To make a noise like a cough.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The engine coughed and sputtered."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cough","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coughs"]}]