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sneeze

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–verb (used without object)

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

–noun

2.	an act or sound of sneezing.

—Verb phrase

3.	sneeze at, Informal. to treat with contempt; scorn: $50,000 is nothing to sneeze at.

[Origin: 1485–95; earlier snese; r. ME fnese, OE fnéosan; c. D fniezen, ON fnȳsa

]

—Related forms

sneezeless, adjective

sneezer, noun

sneezy, adjective

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sneeze Audio Help   (snēz) Pronunciation Key
intr.v.   sneezed, sneez·ing, sneez·es
To expel air forcibly from the mouth and nose in an explosive, spasmodic involuntary action resulting chiefly from irritation of the nasal mucous membrane.

n.   An instance or the sound of sneezing.

Phrasal Verb(s):
sneeze at Informal
To treat as unimportant: These deficits are nothing to sneeze at.

[Middle English snesen, alteration of fnesen, from Old English fnēosan; see pneu- in Indo-European roots.]

sneez'er n., sneez'y adj.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
sneeze

O.E. fneosan "to snort, sneeze," from P.Gmc. *fneusanan (cf. M.Du. fniesen, Du. fniezen "to sneeze;" O.N. fnysa "to snort;" O.N. hnjosa, Swed. nysa "to sneeze;" O.H.G. niosan, Ger. niesen "to sneeze"), from P.Gmc. base *fneu-s- "sneeze," of imitative origin, as is PIE *pneu- "to breathe" (cf. Gk. pnein "to breathe"). Other imitative words for it, perhaps in various ways related to each other, include L. sternure (cf. It. starnutare, Fr. éternuer, Sp. estornudar), Bret. strevia, Skt. ksu-, Lith. čiaudeti, Pol. kichać, Rus. čichat'. Eng. forms in sn- appear 1490s; change may be due to a misreading of fn-, or from O.N. influence. But OED suggests M.E. fnese had been reduced to simple nese by early 15c., and sneeze is a "strengthened form" of this, "assisted by its phonetic appropriateness." The noun is first recorded 1646, from the verb. To sneeze at "to regard as of little value" (usually with negative) is attested from 1806.

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sneeze
noun
1.	a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose
verb
1.	exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose; "Pepper makes me sneeze"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
sneeze [sniːz] verb

to blow out air suddenly, violently and involuntarily through the nose
Example: The pepper made him sneeze.

Arabic:	يَعْطُس
Chinese (Simplified):	打喷嚏
Chinese (Traditional):	打噴嚏
Czech:	kýchnout
Danish:	nyse
Dutch:	niezen
Estonian:	aevastama
Finnish:	aivastaa
French:	éternuer
German:	niesen
Greek:	φτερνίζομαι
Hungarian:	tüsszent
Icelandic:	hnerra
Indonesian:	berbangkis
Italian:	starnutire

Japanese:	くしゃみをする
Korean:	재채기를 하다
Latvian:	šķaudīt
Lithuanian:	čiaudėti
Norwegian:	nyse
Polish:	kichać
Portuguese (Brazil):	espirrar
Portuguese (Portugal):	espirrar
Romanian:	strănut
Russian:	чихать
Slovak:	kýchnuť
Slovenian:	kihati
Spanish:	estornudar
Swedish:	nysa
Turkish:	hapşırmak, aksırmak

sneeze [sniːz] noun

an act of sneezing

Arabic:	عَطْس
Chinese (Simplified):	喷嚏
Chinese (Traditional):	噴嚏
Czech:	kýchnutí
Danish:	nys; nysen
Dutch:	het niezen
Estonian:	aevastus
Finnish:	aivastus
French:	éternuement
German:	das Niesen
Greek:	φτέρνισμα
Hungarian:	tüsszentés
Icelandic:	hnerri
Indonesian:	bersin
Italian:	starnuto

Japanese:	くしゃみ
Korean:	재채기
Latvian:	šķavas; šķaudīšana
Lithuanian:	čiaudėjimas
Norwegian:	nys(ing)
Polish:	kichnięcie
Portuguese (Brazil):	espirro
Portuguese (Portugal):	espirro
Romanian:	a strănuta
Russian:	чиханье
Slovak:	kýchnutie
Slovenian:	kihanje
Spanish:	estornudo
Swedish:	nysning
Turkish:	hapşırma, aksırma

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

sneeze (snēz)
v. sneezed, sneez·ing, sneez·es
To expel air forcibly from the mouth and nose in an explosive, spasmodic involuntary action resulting chiefly from irritation of the nasal mucous membrane. n.
The act or an instance of sneezing.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: ¹sneeze
Pronunciation: 'snEz
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: sneezed; sneez·ing
: to make asudden violent spasmodic audible expiration of breath through the nose and mouth especially as a reflex act following irritation of the nasal mucous membrane

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: ²sneeze
Function: noun
: an act or instance of sneezing

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Sneeze

Sneeze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sneezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sneezing.] [OE. snesen; of uncertain origin; cf. D. snuse to sniff, E. neese, and AS. fne['o]san.] 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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Sneeze

Sneeze\, n. A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.

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