חֲכָךְ m. (preced.) 1) scab, sore; trnsf. tribulation, visitation. Y. M. Kat. III, 81ᵈ top; (B. Mets. 59ᵇ אַךְ, Var. אַף).—Pl. חֲכָכִים inflammations. Gen. R. s. 19, beg. (v., however, אַבְאָבִית). —2) cough, catarrh. Y. Snh. X, 29ᵇ bot. בתחלה הוא … ח׳ first He causes a cold to enter them; (Tanḥ., ed. Bub., R’eh 10 חִיכּוּךְ); Pesik. Asser 97ᵇ הקב"ה ח׳ (insert מכניס בהם); v. וָהּ.