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 oneās nose; āPepper makes me sneezeā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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