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单词 snough
释义

snough

English

Etymology

From blend of sneeze + cough.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /snɒf/
  • (General American) enPR: snôf, IPA(key): /snɔf/
  • (cotcaught merger, Canada) enPR: snŏf, IPA(key): /snɑf/
  • Rhymes: -ɒf

Noun

snough (plural snoughs)

  1. (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.

Anagrams

  • shogun, shōgun
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