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sneeze

SNEEZ/sniːz/

Verbsneezes, sneezing, sneezed

Noun pluralsneezes

4 meanings of sneeze

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  1. 1
    verbintransitive
    To suddenly push air out of your nose and mouth because something tickles inside your nose.

    Like a sudden gust of air bursting out of your nose when something tickles it.

    The dust made me sneeze three times in a row.

    He sneezes every time the cat curls up on his lap.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable
    A sudden burst of air from the nose and mouth.

    His sneeze was so loud it woke the baby.

    I felt a sneeze coming and grabbed a tissue.

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  3. 3
    verbtransitive
    To push air or snot out of your nose or mouth by sneezing.

    Try not to sneeze food onto your plate.

    She sneezed a fine mist into the air.

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  4. 4
    verbintransitive
    To push air out of your nose like a sneeze, even when nothing is bothering it.

    The actor had to sneeze on cue for the scene.

    He sneezed loudly to get everyone's attention.

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Origin

It comes from Old English fnēosan, meaning "to sneeze or snort." The starting sound fn- may have been mistaken for sn-, giving us the modern word.