snuffing

Verb

Present participle of snuff.

Noun

(plural snuffings)

The act by which a candle, etc. is snuffed out.
The act of one who snuffs or makes a low sniffing sound.

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"Snuffing." YourDictionary. LoveToKnow. www.yourdictionary.com/snuffing.

APA Style

Snuffing. (n.d.). In YourDictionary. Retrieved from https://www.yourdictionary.com/snuffing

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

She had been as guilty of snuffing his pride as he had been of putting her down.
After a while he re-entered it as if to snuff the candles, and, seeing the prince was lying on the sofa, looked at him, noticed his perturbed face, shook his head, and going up to him silently kissed him on the shoulder and left the room without snuffing the candles or saying why he had entered.

Also Mentioned In

snuffer

WORDS NEAR snuffing IN THE DICTIONARY