coughing
verb
Definitions
To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
Example: I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough.
(sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.
Example: Sometimes she coughed (up) blood.
To make a noise like a cough.
Example: The engine coughed and sputtered.
noun
Definitions
A cough; the act of coughing.