Thesaurus: sneeze
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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Definitions
- 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.
- n. A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.
- n. a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose
- v. exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose
- 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