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Definition: Sneeze |
SneezeNoun1. A symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose. Verb1. Exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose; "Pepper makes me sneeze". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sneeze" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that you sneeze, denotes that hasty tidings will cause you to change your plans. To see or hear others sneeze, some people will bore you with visits. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
It is almost impossible for a person to keep their eyelids open during a sneeze. The reflex of shutting the eyes serves no obvious purpose: the nerves serving the eyes and the nose are closely related, and stimuli to the one often trigger some response in the other.
Orgasms amongst humans can also cause sneezes.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sneeze."
Synonyms: SneezeSynonyms: sneezing (n), sternutation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contempt | Look down upon; hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in disrespect; think nothing of, think small beer of; make light of; underestimate; esteem slightly, esteem of small or no account; take no account of, care nothing for; set no store by; not care a straw, sneeze at; (unimportance); set at naught, laugh in one's sleeve, laugh up one's sleeve, snap one;s fingers at, shrug one's shoulders, turn up one's nose at, pooh-pooh, "damn with faint praise"; whistle at, sneer at; curl up one's lip, toss the head, traiter de haut enbas; laugh at; (be disrespectful). |
Wind | Respire, breathe, puff; whiff, whiffle; gasp, wheeze; snuff, snuffle; sniff, sniffle; sneeze, cough. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sneeze |
| English words defined with "sneeze": Neese ♦ Sneezed, sneezy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sneeze": CROTALARIA GUATEMALENSIS. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "sneeze": Neishout ♦ sternutation. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I must go back and tell him what I think of him. The world must be safe so that men of all nations and creeds, regardless of color or religion, will be free to sneeze on their superiors! (The Good Doctor; writing credit: Anton Chekhov; Neil Simon) One good sneeze ought to do it. (Wings; writing credit: Ere Kokkonen) Hey, Bobby, I hope someone slams a door on your face, you sneeze, and your head explodes. (Taxi; writing credit: Grahame Bond; Jim Burnett) Did I give you permission to sneeze, Opie? (Major Payne; writing credit: Joe Connelly; Bob Mosher) It makes me wonder if you know the different between a sneeze and a wet fart! (Varsity Blues; writing credit: W. Peter Iliff) | |
Lyrics | I'd probably start to sneeze (Draft Dodger Rag; performing artist: Phil Ochs) Don't you play with my nose I might ha chum sneeze (Mr. Boombastic; performing artist: Shaggy) | |
Clever | It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | What a Little Sneeze Will Do (1941) The Price of a Good Sneeze (1920) That Fatal Sneeze (1907) | |
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 | M. tuberculosis bacteria can attack any part of the body, but usually the lungs causing Tuberculosis. It is spread when infected individuals cough or sneeze, releasing microdroplets into the air that contain the bacteria, which others then inhale. Credit: CDC. |  | Caption: Strips of Film from the Record of a Sneeze; Unknown Date; {23.435/6} (jpg). |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Sneeze. | | Sneeze; a man sneezing. |
| Loud sneeze. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The discharge is a sneeze. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | His prayers and fasts availed him little for the suppression of anger at hearing his mother sneeze or at being disturbed in his devotions. |
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Health | If the muscles that keep your bladder closed are weak, you may have accidents when you sneeze, laugh, or lift a heavy object. (references) | |
People with TS can sometimes suppress their tics for a short time, but the effort is similar to that of holding back a sneeze. (references) | ||
Infection can occur when infectious material contacts mucous membranes of the eyes, mouth, or nose, and possibly through the inhalation of droplets generated by a sneeze or cough. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Sneeze" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 52.87% of the time. "Sneeze" is used about 87 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 52.87% | 46 | 50,285 |
| Noun (singular) | 41.38% | 36 | 57,479 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.6% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Unclassified Items | 1.15% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 87 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "sneeze": sneeze wort. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sneeze": sneeze-inducing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "sneeze"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | teshtimë (sneezing, sternutation), teshtij. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عطسة, عطس, عطاس, إعتقل (apprehend, arrest, be detained, lag, lock up, nab, pick up, restrain, seize), إعتقال (apprehension, arrest, detention, hold, recapture, seizure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кихане (sternutation), кихам. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 噴 (fragrant, to puff, to spout, to spray, to spurt), 嚏 , "噴嚏 , 喷嚏. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kýchnutí, kýchnout. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | nyse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | proesten, niezen (sneezing), niesen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | terno, terni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | njósa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ستوسه , عطسه کردن (Snuff), عطسه (Sniffle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | aivastaa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | éternuer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | niesen (sternutation, to sneeze). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φτάρνισμα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לעטוש, ל"תעטש, עטיש", עטוש (sternutation), "תעטשות (sneezing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tüsszentés (sneezing, sternutation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | hnerra. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | gebres, bersin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | starnutire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 嚏 , はぎ取る (achoo!, to rob, to roll up, to strip, to tear off, to turn over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くしゃみ, はくしょ" (achoo!). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 재채기. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | streiyragh, streiyr, streighyrnee, streighyraght (sternutation), streighyr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maya | he'e-siin (to sneeze). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | nistro, nister (hang onto, hold, retain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eezesnay kichać. (various references) espirrar. (various references) strãnuta, strãnut (sneezing), trata cu dispreţ (spurn), nesocoti (disregard, ignore, leave, overrule, pass by, pass over, scorn, trample on, undervalue). (various references) чихать (sneezes). (various references) sreothart (a sneeze), sreothadh (a sneeze), sraigh (a sneeze, the cartilage of the nose). (various references) potceniti (play down, underestimate, undervalue), kinuti, kijati, kijanje (sternutation). (various references) estornudar, estornudo (sneezing). (various references) nysa, nysning (sneezing). (various references) magbahíng. (various references) เสียงจาม, จาม. (various references) hapşırmak, hapşırma, aksirmak, aksirik, aksırmak, aksırma (sternutation), aksırık. (various references) asgyrmak. (various references) чхати, чхання, чхальний порошок, не сприймати серйозно. (various references) sự hắt hơi cái hắt hơi. (various references) trew, tisian. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sneeze": sneezed, sneezer, sneezers, sneezes, sneezeweed, sneezeweeds. (additional references) | |
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"Sneeze" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ngeze, seese, seeze, Senese, skeeze, sleeze, snaze, snee, sneez, sneezy, snez, sqeeze, steaze, steeze, steze, zezeeee. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sneeze" (pronounced snē"z) |
| 3 | -n ē" z | designees, detainees, internees, knees, nominees, pawnees, returnees, trainees, unease. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-n-s-z" | |
-2 letters: seen, sene, zees. | |
-3 letters: ens, nee, see, sen, zee. | |
-4 letters: en, es, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-n-s-z" | |
+1 letter: sneezed, sneezer, sneezes. | |
+2 letters: benzenes, sneezers, sneezier. | |
+3 letters: energizes, eternizes, mezereons, sneeziest, unfreezes. | |
+4 letters: breeziness, energizers, exoenzymes, hellenizes, slenderize, sneezeweed, tenderizes, westernize, wheeziness. | |
+5 letters: anesthetize, antifreezes, dazednesses, defeminizes, demonetizes, desensitize, endoenzymes, eternalizes, evangelizes, generalizes, heathenizes, reenergizes, remonetizes, resensitize, skeletonize, slenderized, slenderizes, sneezeweeds, tenderizers, westernized, westernizes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6E 65 65 7A 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -. . . --.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101110 01100101 01100101 01111010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S n e e z e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006E 0065 0065 007A 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)538071719271 |
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