Cough \Cough\, v. t.
1. To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; --
followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm.
2. To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed
himself hoarse.
{To cough down}, to silence or put down (an objectionable
speaker) by simulated coughing.