Snuff - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|snʌf|
Brit.
|snʌf|
noun
- the charred portion of a candlewick
- a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
- finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
- sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose (syn: sniff)
- a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
- finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
- sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose (syn: sniff)
verb
adjective
- snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown
Extra examples
Snuff out the candles, it's time to go to bed.
His life has been snuffed out by a bullet.
He took a pinch of snuff.
In his excitement he took four or five snuffs consecutively.
A lot of money was spent to bring the building up to snuff.
Mr. Ball took snuff with all his friends, sneezing musically after each pinch.
Phrasal verbs
snuff out
— put an end to; kill
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: snuff
he/she/it: snuffs
present participle: snuffing
past tense: snuffed
past participle: snuffed
I/you/we/they: snuff
he/she/it: snuffs
present participle: snuffing
past tense: snuffed
past participle: snuffed
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