coughy

English

Etymology

From cough +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɔfi/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒfi/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.fi/
  • Rhymes: -ɒfi, -ɔːfi
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  • Homophone: coffee

Adjective

coughy (comparative coughier, superlative coughiest)

  1. 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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