English Explanatory Dictionary

chin cough

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of whooping cough.

Word forms

chin cough chin coughs chincough kinkcough

Etymology

Variant of earlier chink cough, from chink (“to gasp, to convulse with coughing or laughter”) + cough. Compare Scots kink-host, Dutch kinkhoest, and see chink.

Synonyms

whooping cough
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