SNEEZE

sneeze, sneezing, sternutation

(noun) a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose

sneeze

(verb) exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one’s nose; “Pepper makes me sneeze”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

sneeze (third-person singular simple present sneezes, present participle sneezing, simple past (nonstandard) snoze or sneezed, past participle (nonstandard) snozen or sneezed)

(intransitive) To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.

(intransitive) To expel air as if the nose were irritated.

Synonyms

• (to expel air as a reflex): sternutate (medicine)

Noun

sneeze (plural sneezes)

An act of sneezing.

Synonyms: sternutation (medicine), ptarmus (medicine)

Anagrams

• neezes

Source: Wiktionary

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Sneeze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sneezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sneezing.] Etym: [OE. snesen; of uncertain origin; cf. D. snuse to sniff, E. neese, and AS. fneósan.]

Definition: To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose. Not to be sneezed at, not to be despised or contemned; not to be treated lightly. [Colloq.] "He had to do with old women who were not to be sneezed at." Prof. Wilson.

Sneeze, n.

Definition: A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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