ough

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interjection

The sound of a grunt or groan or cough.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. The sound of a grunt or groan or cough.

    "Ough! ough! ough!" groaned the old woman; "he wants to go, away from the nest where he was warmed, and nursed, and brought up.

    1856, John Esten Cooke, The Last of the Foresters
    2 more examples

    We strove to extort from him the cause of this ebullition of passion, but he only shook his head in reply to our questions, and uttered a guttural "ough."

    1874, H. S. Caswell, The Path of Duty, and Other Stories

    Ough! A door opened, a white-haired secretarial head, but wearing a compassionate expression, appeared, and a skinny forefinger beckoned me into the sanctuary.

    1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 200

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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MLA

“ough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ough. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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