Definitions
exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose
Word origin
From Middle English snesen (“to sneeze”), alteration of earlier fnesen (“to sneeze”), from Old English fnēosan (“to sneeze, snort”), from Proto-West Germanic *fneusan, from Proto-Germanic *fneusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe, pant, snort, sneeze”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch fniezen (“to sneeze”), Old Norse fnýsa (“to snort”).
Used in a sentence
“To avoid passing on your illness, you should sneeze into your sleeve.”
“Lily shook her head violently and sneezed a large blue-bottle fly from where that insect had perched itself on the tip of her nose.”
“When I crossed the road, I sneezed a big achoo! My nose started to feel itchy.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Nasal blast”6 letters
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