snuff

Plural: snuffs

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
• Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
• Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.
• A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
• The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
• Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
• Snot, mucus.
• Smell, scent, odour.
• The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).
• Leavings in a glass after drinking; heeltaps.
• A murder.
• A film or video clip which involves a real non-acted murder.

Verb

Verb Forms: snuffed, snuffing, snuffs

• To inhale powdered tobacco through the nose; to extinguish a flame.
• sniff or smell inquiringly
• inhale audibly through the nose
  • "snuff coke"
• To inhale through the nose.
• To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
• To drug (a person) with a mixture of snuff and beer.
• To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
• To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.
• To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.

Adjective Satellite

• snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown

Examples

• Playing ’SNUFF’ allowed her to snuff out her opponent’s lead.

Synonyms

chukker-brown, mummy-brown, sniff, snuff-brown, snuffle, chewing tobacco, dip

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