Definitions

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  • adjective Characterized by coughing.

Etymologies

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cough +‎ -y

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Examples

  • I'm too worn out and coughy to get into details, but please check out selfavowedgeek 's LJ for some awesome linkage.

    The Dark Knight and Pimpin' wendigomountain 2008

  • Kate got it too, but she's a couple of days behind me, coughy and achy and low on energy, so she didn't have the wherewithal to get me a card or anything.

    2/21/08: Today is not my birthday allanh 2008

  • So, now I am all worried I am coming down with toxic shock because my chest feels yucky tight and coughy uh, duh, I am an asthmatic recovering from bronchitis - maybe its the horse not the zebra here..

    Gross Women's Health Post- Don't Bother To Read This One Zombie Mom 2008

  • June 13, 2008 at 12:22 am oooh yush! eksept i dusnt liek coughy … howzabout tuna n biskits! eberybody luvs toona! espeshully teh itteh bitteh kitteh committeh!

    itteh bitteh kitteh mosh pitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Started feelinga little sniffly and coughy, with a slight scratch at the back of the throat.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Steven Barnes 2007

  • I just have the queasy, coughy, UTI, wooziness of having had my ass kicked by a microbe invisible to the naked eye kind of feeling.

    Hats Off to Single Parents Zombie Mom 2007

  • As of today it's not so bad but I'm still kind of snotty and coughy and I still can't taste anything properly.

    January 3rd, 2007 2007

  • I've had more than my share of sniffly coughy days of late, and so I've tried to recreate this childhood breakfast for myself no Vicks Vaporub, thanks.

    Archive 2007-05-01 tannaz 2007

  • I've had more than my share of sniffly coughy days of late, and so I've tried to recreate this childhood breakfast for myself no Vicks Vaporub, thanks.

    Under The Weather Breakfast tannaz 2007

  • Linnea's cough is still coughy, and still not bothering her in the least, so I've decided to stop giving her the syrup in case it's been suppressing the cough and she'd be more productive without it.

    School is not compulsory ailbhe 2006

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