Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sneeze
nounsneezing (countable and uncountable, plural sneezings)
plural sneezings
- countableuncountableThe 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose
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APA
sneezing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sneezing
MLA
“sneezing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sneezing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sneezing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sneezing.
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