HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.
2. A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.
3. Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame.

verb

1. (intransitive) To make a noise like a cough.
2. (intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
3. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.