1.
[syn: sneeze, sneezing, sternutation]
VERB (1)
1. exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose;
- Example: "Pepper makes me sneeze"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sneeze \Sneeze\, n.
A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound,
chiefly through the nose.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sneeze
n 1: a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air
from the nose [syn: sneeze, sneezing, sternutation]
v 1: exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's
nose; "Pepper makes me sneeze"