Definitions
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- interjection The
onomatopoeia for asneeze .
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Examples
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A bout of sneezing can give a lot more away than the fact that you've got a cold, says a researcher, who claims that going "atishoo" can also be triggered by sexy thoughts.
rediff.com 2009
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When I started learning French at age 9 I thought ‘a tes souhaits’ was the French pronunciation of atishoo.
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My correspondante thought it was HILARIOUS that I said atishoo instead of atchoum.
slippery slope 2005
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But few realise how dangerous a sneeze can be to the person doing the atishoo-ing - from broken ribs to, in one case, a heart attack.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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