sneeze
verb /sniːz/
/sniːz/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they sneeze | /sniːz/ /sniːz/ |
| he / she / it sneezes | /ˈsniːzɪz/ /ˈsniːzɪz/ |
| past simple sneezed | /sniːzd/ /sniːzd/ |
| past participle sneezed | /sniːzd/ /sniːzd/ |
| -ing form sneezing | /ˈsniːzɪŋ/ /ˈsniːzɪŋ/ |
- to have air come suddenly and noisily out through your nose and mouth in a way that you cannot control, for example because you have a cold
- I've been sneezing all morning.
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessb2- She suddenly felt the urge to sneeze.
- Someone sneezed loudly at the back of the hall.
- The smoke reached her and made her sneeze.
- Viruses can be spread through coughing and sneezing.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- loudly
- violently
- uncontrollably
- …
- cause somebody to
- make somebody
- on
- coughing and sneezing
- the urge to sneeze
Word OriginMiddle English: apparently an alteration of Middle English fnese due to misreading or misprinting (after initial fn- had become unfamiliar), later adopted because it sounded appropriate.
Idioms
not to be sneezed/sniffed at
- (informal) good enough to be accepted or considered seriously
- In those days, $20 was not a sum to be sneezed at.