snough
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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- 12
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- 6
/snɒf/
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/snɒf/ · /snɔf/ · /snɑf/
Definition of snough
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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 […]”
“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.”
“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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From blend of sneeze + cough.
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