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

: to expel by 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