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snough en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• snŏf (cot-caught-merger)
• /snɔf/ (General-American)
• /snɒf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /snɑf/ (cot-caught-merger)
• snôf (General-American)

Etymology

From blend of sneeze + cough.

Meanings

1. (informal) A simultaneous sneeze and cough.
   • 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. 2010, Melody Ayres-Griffiths, Fatticus Faces the Wolf: A Slumber-Time Adventure - Page 233:
   • "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 […] 1978, Redbook: The Magazine for Young Adults - Volume 151 - Page 117
   • 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. 2004, Stephanie Bond, Cover Me - Page 43:

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