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Pepper makes you sneeze.

sneeze noun [ count ]

That was a loud sneeze!

sniff / snif / verb ( sniffs , sniff ing , sniffed )

1 to make a noise by suddenly taking in air through your nose. People sometimes sniff when they have a cold or when they are crying

wish you'd stop sniffing!

to smell something

The dog was sniffing the meat.

sniffnoun [ count ] I heard a loud sniff.

snip / snip / verb ( snips , snip . ping , snipped )

to cut something using scissors, with a short quick action I sewed on the button and snipped off the end of the thread.

snip • er / ' snaipar / noun [ count ]

a person who shoots at someone from a hidden place Three soldiers were killed by snipers.

snob / snab / noun [ count ]

a person who likes people with a high social position and

thinks they are better than other people

Jack's such a snob — he's always talking about his rich

relatives.

snooze / snuz / verb ( snooz.es,snooz ing ,snoozed )

( informal )

to sleep for a short time

snooze noun [ count ]

I had a snooze after lunch.

snore / snor / verb ( snores , snor . ing , snored )

to make a noise in your nose and throat when you are asleep

He was snoring loudly.

snore noun [ count ]

a loud snore

snor • kel / ' snorkl / noun [ count ]

a short tube that a person swimming just below the surface of the water can use to breathe through

snor • kel • ing / ' snorkalig / noun [ noncount ] (sports)

to go snorkeling

snorkeling

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snorkel

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mask

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swimsuit

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flipper

snort / snort / verb ( snorts , snort . ing , snort . ed )

to make a noise by blowing air through the nose The horse snorted.

snout / snaut / noun [ count ]

( BIOLOGY ) the long nose of certain animals a pig's snout

snow Ф / snou / noun

[noncount]

soft, white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky when it is very cold

► snow verb ( snows , snow . ing , snowed )

It often snows in January and February. It's snowing! be snowed in

to not be able to leave home or travel because there is too much snow

We've been snowed in since Monday.

snow • ball / ' snoubol / [count]

a ball of snow that children throw at each other

The kids were having a snowball fight (= throwing

snowballs at each other ) .

snow • fall / ' snoufol / noun

[ count, noncount ]

the snow that falls on one occasion, or the amount of snow that falls in a place heavy snowfalls

What is the average snowfall for this region?

snow • flake / snoufleik / noun

[ count ]

one piece of falling snow

snow • man / ' snoumffin/ noun [ count ]

( plural snow - men ) / ' snoumen /

the figure of a person that children make out of snow

snow • plow / ' snouplau / noun [ count ]

a large vehicle that clears snow away from roads

snow • storm / ' snoustorm / noun [ count ]

a winter storm with a lot of snow and strong winds —SYNONYM blizzard

snow • y / ' snoui / adjective ( snow - i - er , snow - i - est )

with a lot of snow snowy weather

snuck

form of sneak

SO 1 Ф / sou / adverb

a word that makes an adjective or adverb stronger, especially when this produces a particular result

This bag is so heavy that I can't carry it. I'm so tired I can't keep my eyes open. Why are you so late? Grammar So or such?

You use so before an adjective that is used without a noun: It was so cold that we stayed home. ♦ This book is so exciting.

You use such before a noun that has an adjective in front of it: It was such a cold night that we stayed home. ♦ This is such an exciting book!

You use "so" instead of saying words again