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🤧 Sneeze sound 🤧 A sneeze noise 🤧 To sneeze
to achoo

to achoo

1 9.2
To make the sound of a sneeze
  • verb
  • /əˈtʃu/
  • Informal
: estornudar
  • Whenever he steps outside in spring, he finds himself shouting, "achoo" because of his allergies.

Examples

  • She sneezed loudly and exclaimed, "achoo!"

  • ACHOO! When the dust settled, the mayor stepped forward.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The sound of his sneeze echoed through the quiet room as he went, "achoo!"

Surface Forms

achoo infinitive
achooed past
achooed past participle
achooing present participle
achooes third person singular

Etymology

Achoo copies the sneeze sound, and as a verb it simply means 'to sneeze'.