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1. (v.t.) snuff
to draw in through the nose by inhaling.
2. snuff
to perceive by or as if by smelling; sniff.
3. snuff
to examine by smelling, as an animal does.
4. (v.i.) snuff
to draw air into the nostrils by inhaling, as to smell something; snuffle.
5. snuff
to take snuff into the nostrils.
6. snuff
Obs. to express contempt or displeasure by sniffing (often fol. by at).
7. (n.) snuff
an act of snuffing; a sniff.
8. snuff
smell, scent, or odor.
9. snuff
a preparation of tobacco, either powdered and taken into the nostrils by inhalation or ground and placed between the cheek and gum.
10. snuff
a pinch of such tobacco.
11. snuff
up to a certain standard; satisfactory.
12. snuff
Brit. not easily imposed upon; shrewd; sharp.
13. (n.) snuff
the charred or partly consumed portion of a candlewick.
14. (v.t.) snuff
to cut off or remove the snuff of (candles, tapers, etc.).
15. snuff
snuff out,
16. snuff
to extinguish.
17. snuff
to suppress; crush.
18. snuff
Slang. to kill or murder.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME snoffe, akin to MD
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| Definition of 'snuff' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) snuff
the charred portion of a candlewick
2. (noun) snuff
a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
3. (noun) snuff
finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
4. (adj) sniff, snuff
sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
5. (verb) snuff, snuff-brown, mummy-brown, chukker-brown
snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown
6. (verb) snuff, snuffle
sniff or smell inquiringly
7. (verb) snuff
inhale audibly through the nose
"snuff coke"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) snuff
the act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff
2. (noun) snuff
pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once
3. (noun) snuff
resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose
4. (verb) snuff
the part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not
5. (verb) snuff
to crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of
6. (verb) snuff
to draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff
7. (verb) snuff
to perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell
8. (verb) snuff
to inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses
9. (verb) snuff
to turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense
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Sense: powdered tobacco for sniffing up into the nose
He took a pinch of snuff.
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 Afrikaans: snuif |
 Arabic: سَعوط |
 Bulgarian: емфие |
 Brazilian: rapé |
 Czech: šňupací tabák |
 German: der Schnupftabak |
 Danish: snus |
 Greek: ταμπάκος |
 Spanish: rapé |
 Estonian: nuusktubakas |
 Farsi: انفيه |
 Finnish: nuuska |
 French: tabacà priser |
 Hebrew: טַבַּק-הֲרָחָה |
 Hindi: सुड़क, सुंघनी |
 Croatian: burmut, duhan zašmrkanje |
 Hungarian: tubák |
 Indonesian: tembakau bubuk |
 Icelandic: neftóbak |
 Italian: tabacco da fiuto* |
 Japanese: かぎたばこ |
 Korean: 코담배 |
 Lithuanian: uostomasis tabakas |
 Latvian: šņaucamā tabaka |
 Malay: tembakau sedut |
 Dutch: snuif |
 Norwegian: snus(tobakk) |
 Polish: tabaka |
 Persian: انفيه |
 Pashto: سوغول، سڼول، سوڼ كول (لكه |
 Portuguese: rapé |
 Romanian: tabac de prizat |
 Russian: нюхательный табак |
 Slovak: šňupací tabak |
 Slovenian: njuhanec |
 Serbian: burmut |
 Swedish: [lukt]snus |
 Thai: ยานัตถุ์ |
 Turkish: enfiye |
 Taiwanese: 鼻煙 |
 Ukrainian: нюхальний тютюн |
 Urdu: نسوار جسے عادتاً سونگھتے |
 Vietnamese: thuốc lá bột |
 Chinese: 鼻烟 |
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