Sneeze (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sneezed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sneezing.] [OE. snesen; of uncertain origin; cf. D. snuse to sniff, E. neese, and AS. fneósan.] To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose.
Not to be sneezed at, not to be despised or contemned; not to be treated lightly. “He had to do with old women who were not to be sneezed at.” Prof. Wilson.