smoker's cough

noun

A persistent cough resulting from habitual smoking.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounsmoker's cough (plural smoker's coughs)

plural smoker's coughs

  1. A persistent cough resulting from habitual smoking.

    At home he was never without a cigarette, and, over the years, he developed a smoker’s cough and labored breathing.

    2005, Bob Knopes, Any Damn Fool Can Be a Farmer: Growing Up on a Wisconsin Farm, Badger Books Inc., →ISBN, page 147

Translations

Finnish tupakkayskä
  • tupakkayskäcough caused by smoking
German Raucherhusten
  • Raucherhustencough caused by smoking
Swedish rökhosta
  • rökhostacough caused by smoking
Cite this entry
APA

smoker's cough. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoker's%20cough

MLA

“smoker's cough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoker's%20cough. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smoker's cough,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoker's%20cough.

Source: smoker's cough on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.