whoost

W4H4O1O1S1T1

verb

To cough.

OriginMiddle English hostyn ← Old English hwōstan ← Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną →
Scrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

whoost1

verbwhoost (third-person singular simple present whoosts, present participle whoosting, simple past and past participle whoosted)

present singular third person whoosts · participle present whoosting · participle past whoosted · past whoosted · alternative hoost · alternative Scotland whost

  1. dialectalintransitiveTo cough.

whoost2

nounwhoost (plural whoosts)

plural whoosts · alternative hoost · alternative Scotland whost

  1. dialectalA cough.

Origin

whoost · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷās-“to cough”
  2. Proto-Germanic*hwōstōną
  3. Old Englishhwōstan“to cough”
  4. Middle Englishhostyn
  5. Englishwhoost

From Middle English hostyn, from Old English hwōstan (“to cough”), from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną, *hwōstāną (“to cough”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷās- (“to cough”). Cognate with Scots whust (“to cough”), Saterland Frisian hoostje (“to cough”), West Frisian hoastje (“to cough”), Dutch hoesten (“to cough”), German Low German hoosten (“to cough”), Danish hoste (“to cough”), Swedish hosta (“to cough”), Icelandic hósta (“to cough”). Non-Germanic cognates include Irish casacht (“cough”) and Welsh pas (“cough”).

More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic

Full word history & related roots →

whoost · noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*hwōstô“a cough”
  2. Old Englishhwōsta“a cough”
  3. Middle Englishhost
  4. Englishwhoost

From Middle English host, from Old English hwōsta (“a cough”), from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô (“a cough”). Cognate with German Husten (“a cough”), Alemannic German Wüeste (“a cough”), Danish hoste (“a cough”), Icelandic hósti (“a cough”).

More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

twoosh
Cite this entry
APA

whoost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whoost

MLA

“whoost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whoost. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whoost,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whoost.

Source: whoost on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.