Definition of "sneeze" [sneeze]

• To expel air forcibly from the mouth and nose in an explosive, spasmodic involuntary action resulting chiefly from irritation of the nasal mucous membrane. (verb-intransitive)
• An instance or the sound of sneezing. (noun)
• Sneeze at Informal To treat as unimportant: These deficits are nothing to sneeze at. (phrasal-verb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "For the record, holding in a sneeze is way easier than holding in laughter."
• "This was, or would have been, evidenced by an isolated high-pitched sneeze from the far end of the car, - except - that from the far side of the other end, someone yelled out a brazen “bless you!”"
• "Its a joy to set them off cause its seems a sneeze is enough."