Sneeze
English Meaning
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.
- To expel air forcibly from the mouth and nose in an explosive, spasmodic involuntary action resulting chiefly from irritation of the nasal mucous membrane.
- An instance or the sound of sneezing.
- sneeze at Informal To treat as unimportant: These deficits are nothing to sneeze at.