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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.

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  1. v. i. 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.
  2. n. A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.
  3. n. a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose
  4. v. exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose
  5. n:25/v:75 n. a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose v. exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose