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Snuff is powdered tobacco that is chewed or inhaled by sniffing, or the charred end of a candlewick.

(noun)

An example of a snuff is tobacco that is sniffed or rubbed on the gums.
An example of a snuff is the place where you would place the match to relight a candle.

Snuff is defined as to put out the flame on a candle, or to inhale through the nose.

(verb)

An example of snuff is to stop a candle from burning.
An example of snuff is to inhale smokeless tobacco.

See snuff in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the charred end of a candlewick

Origin: ME < ?

transitive verb

to trim off the charred end of (a candlewick)
to put out (a candle) with snuffers or by pinching
Slang to kill; murder

Origin: ME snuffen < the n.

adjective

designating or of a kind of pornographic film that shows someone being murdered as the climax of sexual activity

transitive verb

to draw in through the nose; inhale strongly; sniff
to smell, sniff, or sniff at

Origin: < MDu snuffen < Gmc *snuf- < IE *sneup < base *sneu-: see snout

intransitive verb

to sniff or snort

noun

the act or sound of snuffing; sniff
a preparation of powdered tobacco that is inhaled by sniffing, chewed, or rubbed on the gums
smell; scent

See snuff in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb snuffed, snuff·ing, snuffs

verb, transitive

To inhale (something) audibly through the nose; sniff.
To sense or examine by smelling; sniff at.

verb, intransitive

To sniff; inhale.

noun

The act of snuffing or the sound produced by it; a snuffle.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English snoffen, to snuff a candle, sniffle

Origin: , probably from snoffe, snuff; see snuff²

noun

The charred portion of a candlewick.

transitive verb snuffed, snuff·ing, snuffs

To extinguish: snuffed out the candles.
To put a sudden end to: lives that were snuffed out by car accidents.
Slang To kill; murder.
To cut off the charred portion of (a candlewick).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English snoffe

Origin: , possibly of Low German origin

noun

a. A preparation of finely pulverized tobacco that can be drawn up into the nostrils by inhaling. Also called smokeless tobacco.
b. The quantity of this tobacco that is inhaled at a single time; a pinch.
A powdery substance, such as a medicine, taken by inhaling.

intransitive verb snuffed, snuff·ing, snuffs

To use or inhale snuff.

Origin:

Origin: Dutch snuf

Origin: , short for snuftabak

Origin: : Dutch snuffen, to sniff; see snuffle

Origin: + tabak, tobacco

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