sneezing
sneezing is the present participle and gerund of sneeze.
Meaning of sneeze
Verb
sneeze (third-person singular simple present sneezes, present participle sneezing, simple past sneezed or (obsolete or humorous) snoze, past participle sneezed or (obsolete or humorous) snoze or (obsolete or humorous) snozen)
- To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.
- To avoid passing on your illness, you should sneeze into your sleeve.
- Synonyms:
- neeze, sternutate
- To expel air as if the nose were irritated.
- To expel or displace (air, snot, etc) from the nose or mouth by the process above.
- 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.1924, Hugh Wiley, The Prowler, page 88
Noun
sneezing (countable and uncountable, plural sneezings)
- The act of producing a sneeze.
- He would also have been exposed to the coughings and shufflings, comings and goings, questions and answers, wailings and slammings, snivellings and sneezings, etc., which figured so prominently in the reference room […]2011, John O'Loughlin, Two Sides of the Same Coin
Forms of sneezing
| plural | sneezings |
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Words formed from sneezing
Phrases with sneezing
Words that rhyme with sneezing
Questions about sneezing
- What does sneezing mean?
- Sneezing means the act of producing a sneeze.
- What is sneezing the present participle and gerund of?
- Sneezing is the present participle and gerund of sneeze.
- What part of speech is sneezing?
- Sneezing is a noun.
- What is the plural of sneezing?
- The plural of sneezing is sneezings.
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