Meanings
nouncough drop (plural cough drops)
plural cough drops · alternative coughdrop
- medicineA small, medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to relieve coughing symptoms and sore or dry throats temporarily.
Synonyms: cachou, cough sweet, lozenge, throat lozenge, throat sweet, troche
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small, medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to relieve coughing symptoms and sore or dry throats temporarily.
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Translations
Chinese Cantonese 喉糖
- 喉糖tablet to stop coughs
Chinese Mandarin 含片, 喉片
- 含片 (hánpiàn)tablet to stop coughs
- 喉片 (hóupiàn)tablet to stop coughs
Danish halspastil, halstablet
- halspastiltablet to stop coughs
- halstablettablet to stop coughs
Finnish yskänpastilli
- yskänpastillitablet to stop coughs
German Hustenbonbon, Halsbonbon
- Hustenbonbontablet to stop coughs
- Halsbonbontablet to stop coughs
- Eukalyptusbonbontablet to stop coughs
Irish losainn chasachta
- losainn chasachtatablet to stop coughs
Japanese のど飴, トローチ
- のど飴 (nodoame)tablet to stop coughs
- トローチ (torōchi)tablet to stop coughs
Slovak hašlerka
- hašlerkatablet to stop coughs
Spanish gragea para la tos
- gragea para la tostablet to stop coughs
Cite this entry
APA
cough drop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cough%20drop
MLA
“cough drop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cough%20drop. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cough drop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cough%20drop.
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