Sneeze1. (v. i.) 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.
2. (n.) A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.
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