[sneez] 
verb, sneezed, sneez⋅ing, noun | 1. | to emit air or breath suddenly, forcibly, and audibly through the nose and mouth by involuntary, spasmodic action. |
| 2. | an act or sound of sneezing. |
| 3. | sneeze at, Informal. to treat with contempt; scorn: $50,000 is nothing to sneeze at. |
| sneeze (snēz) 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. |
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.