coughy
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɔfi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒfi/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.fi/
- Rhymes: -ɒfi, -ɔːfi
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: coffee
Adjective
coughy (comparative more coughy, superlative most coughy)
- Characterized by coughing.
- 1996, Frank Freudberg, Gasp!: a novel of revenge, page 213:
- The man looked ill, and she hoped he didn't have that coughy flu that had been wiping out everyone at the office.
- 2005, Julian Baggini, Jeremy Stangroom, What philosophers think, page 215:
- This genial, frail, chain-smoking septuagenarian is an agreeable, good-humoured conversationalist, who frequently punctuates proceedings with hearty, coughy chuckles.
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