Snuff Definition

snŭf
snuffed, snuffing, snuffs
verb
snuffed, snuffing, snuffs
To extinguish.
Snuffed out the candles.
American Heritage
To use or inhale snuff.
American Heritage Medicine
To sniff or snort.
Webster's New World
To put a sudden end to.
Lives that were snuffed out by car accidents.
American Heritage
To put out (a candle) with snuffers or by pinching.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
snuffs
The charred end of a candlewick.
Webster's New World
The act of snuffing or the sound produced by it; a snuffle.
American Heritage
A preparation of powdered tobacco that is inhaled by sniffing, chewed, or rubbed on the gums.
Webster's New World
Smell; scent.
Webster's New World
A preparation of finely pulverized tobacco that can be drawn up into the nostrils by inhaling.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
adjective
Designating or of a kind of pornographic film that purports to show someone being murdered as the climax of sexual activity.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
up to snuff
  • Normal in health.
  • Up to standard; adequate.
American Heritage
snuff out
  • to put out (a candle, etc.); extinguish
  • to bring to an end suddenly; destroy
Webster's New World
up to snuff
  • up to the usual standard, as in health, quality, etc.
  • not easily deceived; alert
Webster's New World

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Origin of Snuff

  • Middle English snoffen to snuff a candle, sniffle probably from snoffe snuff snuff2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Dutch snuf short for snuftabak Dutch snuffen to sniff snuffle tabak tobacco

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Related to sniff. Cognate to Dutch snuffen (“to snuff").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English snoffe possibly of Low German origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin uncertain.

    From Wiktionary

Snuff Sentence Examples

  • Maybe she decided to snuff him out, to keep him quiet.

  • Another pretext would be her snuff, which would seem too dry or too damp or not rubbed fine enough.

  • Along with very serious health risks, chewing tobacco or using snuff can have other unattractive effects.

  • Chewing tobacco and snuff are irritating to gums and can scratch teeth, letting in the bacteria that cause decay.

  • Just like you wouldn't want to run in inferior shoes, so too should your eyewear be up to snuff.

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Words Starting With

SSNSNU

Words Ending With

FFFUFF

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Words Starting With S and Ending With F

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