Thesaurus: sneeze

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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. 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. A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.
6. To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently,by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritationof the inner membrane of the nose. Not to be sneezed at, not to bedespised or contemned; not to be treated lightly. [Colloq.] "He hadto do with old women who were not to be sneezed at." Prof. Wilson.
7. 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