Meaning & use

Kerchoo

interjection·Everyday

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Used to represent the sound of a sneeze.

See it in a sentence

Kerchoo! She reached for a tissue and apologized for the interruption.

The cartoon character let out a giant kerchoo that blew the papers off the desk.

A note on using this word

Like many sneeze words, 'kerchoo' is onomatopoeic and varies in spelling — 'kachoo' and 'ker-choo' both appear in print.

Words with a similar meaning

achoo

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