snough
English
Etymology
From blend of sneeze + cough.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒf
Noun
snough (plural snoughs)
- (informal) A simultaneous sneeze and cough.
- 1978, Redbook: The Magazine for Young Adults - Volume 151 - Page 117:
- "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 […]
- 2004, Stephanie Bond, Cover Me - Page 43:
- I inhaled sharply, and got coffee instead of air, which my body expelled with a painful snough (sneeze-cough). Worse, I spilled coffee down the front of my — er, his — snowy-white shirt.
- 2010, Melody Ayres-Griffiths, Fatticus Faces the Wolf: A Slumber-Time Adventure - Page 233:
- GT Ninety-Nine seemed rather engrossed in his entertainment, and was blissfully unaware of the animal's presence until Fatticus announced himself with a 'snough', his curious combination of a sneeze and a cough.
- 1978, Redbook: The Magazine for Young Adults - Volume 151 - Page 117: