sneezing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of sneeze

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of producing a sneeze.

   “He would also have been exposed to the coughings and shufflings, comings and goings, questions and answers, wailings and slammings, snivellings and sneezings, etc., which figured so prominently in the reference room […]”