Snough

//snɒf// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A simultaneous sneeze and cough. informal

    ""Of a sneeze?" Callie asked, her grinning face appearing in the doorway. "You almost died of a sneeze?" "It was a cough too," Gary explained. "A 'snough' Terrible thing," he muttered, shaking his head and attempting a dignified exit […]"

Example

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""Of a sneeze?" Callie asked, her grinning face appearing in the doorway. "You almost died of a sneeze?" "It was a cough too," Gary explained. "A 'snough' Terrible thing," he muttered, shaking his head and attempting a dignified exit […]"

Etymology

From blend of sneeze + cough.

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