Coughing Up

Definition: Coughing Up

Coughing Up

Noun

1. The act of expelling (food or phlegm) by coughing.

Modern Usage: Coughing Up

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

I'm going to shove coal so far up your stocking you'll be coughing up diamonds! (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

Could barely take a breath without coughing up a pint of blood. (Ravenous; writing credit: Ted Griffin)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: Coughing Up

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Coughing up blood-stained sputum or blood (hemoptysis) occurs less frequently. (references)
		This can result in the patient coughing up blood-stained sputum or blood (hemoptysis). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Coughing Up

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Anagrams: Coughing Up

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-g-g-h-i-n-o-p-u-u"
	-2 letters: coughing, pouching.
	-3 letters: couping, ouching, upgoing.
	-4 letters: chopin, coping, hoping, phonic.
	-5 letters: chino, coign, cough, cuing, gipon, going, incog, ohing, oping, pinch, pingo, pouch, punch, unhip.
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