Answer to "Sound akin to a cough" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word HICCUP which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1963.

Sound akin to a cough crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
HICCUP	100 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sound akin to a cough

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

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• bark
• ahem
• whoop
• pertussis
• coughing
• oral
• humming
• hem
• hemming
• hrm
• sick

Crossword Answer definitions

HICCUP noun

1. A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
2. (by extension) Any spasm or sudden change.
3. A minor setback.

HICCUP verb

1. To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.
2. To say with a hiccup.
3. To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result HICCUP

• Minor setback
• Spasm sound
• Breathe spasmodically
• Minor interruption
• Sound from a sot
• Diaphragm spasm that may be cured by holding one's breath
• Minor difficulty
• Snag
• Spasmodic breathing-in sound.
• Sound akin to a cough.