a racking cough

  • 1racking — rack|ing [ rækıŋ ] adjective a racking cough or SOB makes your whole body move and hurt …

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  • 2racking — UK [ˈrækɪŋ] / US adjective a racking cough or sob makes your whole body move and hurt …

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  • 3cough — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hack, racking cough. See disease. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. hem, hack, tussis, frog in one s throat*; see cold 3 , disease . v. Syn. choke, hack, convulse, bark*; see choke 2 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 4cough — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, polite (esp. BrE), slight ▪ The butler gave a little cough to announce his presence. ▪ violent ▪ bad …

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  • 5racking — adj. Racking is used with these nouns: ↑cough, ↑sob …

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  • 6Raistlin Majere — articleissues disputed=June 2008 plot=April 2008 rewrite=August 2006DL character caption= Raistlin as he appears in artwork for Dragons of Spring Dawning done by Larry Elmore. name= Raistlin Majere homeland=Solace gender=Male race=Civilized human …

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  • 7Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse) — Maria Alexandrovna Maria Alexandrovna Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhelter Hermitage Museum, 1857 …

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  • 8Maria Theresa — • Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Roman German Empress, born 1717; died 1780 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Maria Theresa     Maria Theresa      …

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  • 9hawk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. falcon, buzzard, kite, harrier, etc.; [hard or racking] cough; informal, hard liner, warmonger. See warfare, disease. v. peddle. See sale. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A member of the Accipitridae] Syn.… …

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  • 10tor|ment — «verb. tr MEHNT; noun. TR mehnt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to cause very great pain to: »Severe headaches tormented him. Like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way Tormenting himself with his prickles (Thomas Hood). 2. to worry or annoy very much: »She… …

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