Meanings
- uncountableA respiratory infection in dogs.
1 more example
“Aisha, access the Pupa's informational color swatches. Okay, royal blue means the Pupa has kennel cough, cornflower blue means one of us just had a sex dream about the other one, navy blue means his Hulu plan is expiring, robin's egg blue means we get a free Xbox, Pacific blue means we all die at midnight!” [all gasp] “We were so close to gettin' that Xbox!”
2021 March 26, Josh Bycel & Jen McCartney, “The Solar Opposites Almost Get an Xbox” (1:25 from the start), in Solar Opposites, season 2, episode 8, spoken by Korvo Opposites (Justin Roiland)Synonyms: canine infectious respiratory disease, canine infectious tracheobronchitis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA respiratory infection in dogs.
Translations
Danish kennelhoste, parainfluenza
- kennelhosterespiratory infection in dogs
- parainfluenzarespiratory infection in dogs
Finnish kennelyskä
- kennelyskärespiratory infection in dogs
Norwegian Bokmål kennelhoste, parainfluensa
- kennelhosterespiratory infection in dogs
- parainfluensarespiratory infection in dogs
Turkish köpek öksürüğü
- köpek öksürüğürespiratory infection in dogs
Cite this entry
kennel cough. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kennel%20cough
“kennel cough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kennel%20cough. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kennel cough,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kennel%20cough.
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