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sneeze

[ sneez ]

verb (used without object)

sneezed, sneezing.
  1. to emit air or breath suddenly, forcibly, and audibly through the nose and mouth by involuntary, spasmodic action.


noun

  1. an act or sound of sneezing.

verb phrase

  1. Informal. to treat with contempt; scorn:

    $50,000 is nothing to sneeze at.

sneeze

/ Ծː /

verb

  1. intr to expel air and nasal secretions from the nose involuntarily, esp as the result of irritation of the nasal mucous membrane
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or sound of sneezing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԱ, noun
  • ˈԱ, adjective
  • ˈԱ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Աl adjective
  • Աİ noun
  • Աy adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sneeze1

1485–95; earlier snese; replacing Middle English fnese, Old English ڲŧDz; cognate with Dutch fniezen, Old Norse ڲԲ̄
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sneeze1

Old English ڲŧDz (unattested); related to Old Norse ڲӯ, Middle High German ڲū, Greek pneuma breath
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Two years ago, on a family trip through the Midwest, the congressman and his son were deliberately sneezed on at a Chipotle restaurant.

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Even movements as minor as chopping vegetables or sneezing can result in a dislocation.

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The virus can spread when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes, or a person can contract it by touching an infected surface, according to the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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It can spread when an infected person breaths, coughs or sneezes or by touching an infected surface, according to John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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They want women to feel that simple things that we do in life such as "laughing, sneezing, or jumping shouldn't be a risk".

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