hacking cough

:  to cut or sever with repeated irregular or unskillful blows

:  to cut or shape by or as if by crude or ruthless strokes

:  annoy, vex

:  a tool for rough cutting or chopping :  an implement for hacking

:  nick, notch

:  a short dry cough

:  hackney

:  taxicab

:  cabdriver

:  working for hire especially with mediocre professional standards

:  performed by or suited to a person who works or writes purely for the purpose of earning money :  characteristic of a hack :  mediocre

:  hackneyed, trite

:  to ride or drive at an ordinary pace or over the roads especially as distinguished from racing or hunting

:  to operate a taxicab

:  to ride (a horse) at an ordinary pace

:  to rear (a young hawk) in a state of partial liberty especially prior to the acquisition of flight and hunting capabilities

:  a guard especially at a prison

:  to expel air from the lungs suddenly with a sharp, short noise :  to emit a cough (see ²cough 1)

:  to make a noise like that of coughing

:  a sudden, sharp-sounding expulsion of air from the lungs acting as a protective mechanism to clear the air passages or as a symptom of pulmonary disturbance

:  a condition marked by repeated or frequent coughing