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cough drop

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noun

a small, medicinal lozenge for relieving a cough, sore throat, hoarseness, etc.

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RELATED WORDS

lozenge, horehound, pastil, pastille, troche

Nearby words

couette flow, cougan, cougar, cougar bait, cough, cough drop, cough mixture, cough reflex, cough syrup, cough up, coughlin

Origin of cough drop

First recorded in 1850–55
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for cough drop

  • "Come and hand me my bag, I want a cough-drop," she said to Lynn that day, yawning.

    Oldfield|Nancy Huston Banks

  • To expect a pill and receive a cough-drop is by way of being a sort of disappointment.

    The Crystal Stopper|Maurice LeBlanc

  • "Didn't I tell you, sir, that she was a cough-drop," rejoined Parsons excitedly.

    A Traitor's Wooing|Headon Hill

British Dictionary definitions for cough drop

cough drop

noun

a lozenge to relieve a cough
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for cough drop

cough drop

n.

A small, often medicated and sweetened lozenge taken orally to ease coughing or soothe a sore throat.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.