Sneezing

sneeze  (snz)

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:

sneeze at Informal

To treat as unimportant: These deficits are nothing to sneeze at.

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

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sneezer n.

sneezy adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sneezing - a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose sneeze, sternutation inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease