Liquid medicine taken either to suppress or expectorate a cough.
Example sentencesExamples
He wanted something for his cough but I couldn't find the cough syrup.
It might have worked in a smaller dose, but served in a spaghetti bowl, it tasted like a bottle of cough syrup poured over a chocolate malt.
The patients were treated with cough syrup and decongestants.
I've never found another cough syrup that works as well.
Boxes of medicines, varying from children's cough syrup to antiretrovirals, were found in the warehouse.
Six employees have resumed mixing recipes for cough syrup, eye drops, and lotions.
I am going to go to the drugstore and stock up on cough syrup and/or drugs.
A good basic cough syrup can be made with honey, lemon and onions or garlic.
I have a recommendation for the family whose child hates the taste of cough syrup.
Her belief about the cough syrup, while seemingly not true, is not necessarily a belief that could arise only as a result of delusional thinking.
Armed with a spoon and a bottle of cough syrup, she dosed him with the medicine and elicited a round of choking and cussing from her patient who offered colorful and profane descriptions of the elixir's flavor.
It is also available as suppositories and as a cough syrup, the latter being used in cases that are difficult to control.
But then again I have so much cough syrup and cold medicine in my system, it's quite possible I have no idea what I'm talking about.
The cough syrup is drying everything out and the weather has become dried up as well.
My cough syrup and headache pills were a bit pricey, but I shouldn't complain.
Definition of cough syrup in US English:
cough syrup
noun
Liquid medicine taken either to suppress or expectorate a cough.
Example sentencesExamples
I have a recommendation for the family whose child hates the taste of cough syrup.
Six employees have resumed mixing recipes for cough syrup, eye drops, and lotions.
He wanted something for his cough but I couldn't find the cough syrup.
My cough syrup and headache pills were a bit pricey, but I shouldn't complain.
Armed with a spoon and a bottle of cough syrup, she dosed him with the medicine and elicited a round of choking and cussing from her patient who offered colorful and profane descriptions of the elixir's flavor.
I am going to go to the drugstore and stock up on cough syrup and/or drugs.
Boxes of medicines, varying from children's cough syrup to antiretrovirals, were found in the warehouse.
But then again I have so much cough syrup and cold medicine in my system, it's quite possible I have no idea what I'm talking about.
I've never found another cough syrup that works as well.
A good basic cough syrup can be made with honey, lemon and onions or garlic.
Her belief about the cough syrup, while seemingly not true, is not necessarily a belief that could arise only as a result of delusional thinking.
The patients were treated with cough syrup and decongestants.
It might have worked in a smaller dose, but served in a spaghetti bowl, it tasted like a bottle of cough syrup poured over a chocolate malt.
The cough syrup is drying everything out and the weather has become dried up as well.
It is also available as suppositories and as a cough syrup, the latter being used in cases that are difficult to control.