こける

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A colloquial suffix attached to a verb stem (often the -masu stem) that adds the sense of continuing to do something or doing it intensely; conveys emphatic or vigorous action.

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Examples

彼は冗談に笑いこけて、しばらく止まらなかった。

He laughed heartily at the joke and couldn't stop for a while.

疲れて公園のベンチで寝こけてしまった。

Exhausted, I fell sound asleep on a bench in the park.

感動して彼女は泣きこけた。

She cried uncontrollably with emotion.