Definition of snuff Snuff

/snʌˈf/ - [snuf] - snuff

We found 36 definitions of snuff from 8 different sources.

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: snufves

snuff - finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
  baccy, tobacco leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
snuff - the charred portion of a candlewick
  char any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
snuff - a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
snuff - sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
  sniff
  smelling, smell the act of perceiving the odor of something

Verb

snuffs, snuffing, snuffed  

snuff - inhale audibly through the nose; "snuff coke"
  breathe in, inhale, inspire draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"
snuff - sniff or smell inquiringly
  snuffle
  smell become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption"

Adjective

snuff, snuffer, snuffest

snuff - snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown
  snuff-brown, mummy-brown, chukker-brown
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • snuff (v. t.)
    The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.
  • snuff (v. t.)
    To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of.
  • snuff (v. i.)
    To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff.
  • snuff (v. i.)
    To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.
  • snuff (v. i.)
    To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses.
  • snuff (v. i.)
    To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense.
  • snuff (n.)
    The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.
  • snuff (n.)
    Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once.
  • snuff (n.)
    Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • snuff
    To inhale through the nose.
  • snuff
    Ground or pulverized tobacco, which is generally inhaled through the nose.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • snuff
    snuf, v.i. to draw in air violently and noisily through the nose: to sniff: to smell at anything doubtfully: to take snuff into the nose.—v.t. to draw into the nose: to smell, to examine by smelling.—n. a powdered preparation of tobacco or other substance for snuffing, a pinch of such: a sniff: resentment, huff.—ns. Snuff′-box, a box for snuff; Snuff′-dip′ping, the habit of dipping a wetted stick into snuff and rubbing it on the gums; Snuff′er, one who snuffs; Snuff′iness, state of being snuffy.—v.i. Snuf′fle, to breathe hard through the nose.—n. the sound made by such: a nasal twang: cant.—n. Snuf′fler, one who snuffles or speaks through his nose when obstructed.—n.pl. Snuf′fles, nasal catarrh and consequent stoppage of the nose.—ns. Snuff′ling; Snuff′-mill, a machine for grinding tobacco into snuff; Snuff′-mull, a snuff-box; Snuff′-spoon, a spoon for taking snuff from a snuff-box; Snuff′-tāk′er, one who snuffs habitually; Snuff′-tāking.—adj. Snuff′y, soiled with, or smelling of, snuff.—Take a thing in snuff (Shak.), to take offence; Up to snuff, knowing, not likely to be taken in. [Dut. snuffen, snuf; Ger. schnaufen, to snuff.]
  • snuff
    snuf, v.t. to crop or pinch the snuff from, as a burning candle.—n. the charred portion of a candle or lamp-wick: a candle almost burnt out.—ns.pl. Snuff′-dishes (B.), dishes for the snuff of the lamps of the tabernacle; Snuff′ers, an instrument for taking the snuff off a candle.—Snuff out, to extinguish by snuffing, to end by a sudden stroke. [M. E. snuffen, for snuppen—Scand., Sw. dial. snóppa, to snip off, Dan. snubbe, to nip off.] Snuffers.

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • snuff
    To take snuff; to be offended.

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • Snuff is a kind of tobacco which is sniffed instead of smoked. People take a bit of snuff between their fingers and put it in their nostrils to smell it. Not many people use snuff now, but a century or more ago it was very common. In the novels of 19th century authors like Charles Dickens we often read about people taking snuff. They kept it in a "snuffbox".

Part of speech

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  • snuff, verb, present, 1st person singular of snuff (infinitive).
  • snuff, verb (infinitive).
  • snuff, noun, singular of snuffs.
  • snuff, adjective.

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