Overview of noun coughing_up

The noun coughing up has 1 sense

• coughing up -- (the act of expelling (food or phlegm) by coughing)

Overview of verb cough_up

The verb cough up has 2 senses

• cough up, pony up, spit up -- (give reluctantly; "He coughed up some money for his children's tuition")


• expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out -- (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth)