snough

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snough

/snɒf/ UK
/snɔf/ US
/snɑf/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɒf

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From blend of sneeze + cough.

noun snoughs

informal A simultaneous sneeze and cough. "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 […]

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@misc{snough_2026,
  title = {snough},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/snough},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}