Snuff

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A preparation of finely pulverized tobacco that can be drawn up into the nostrils by inhaling.
  • noun. The quantity of this tobacco that is inhaled at a single time; a pinch.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A powdery substance, such as a medicine, taken by inhaling.
  • intransitive verb. To use or inhale snuff.
  • idiom. (up to snuff) Normal in health.
  • idiom. (up to snuff) Up to standard; adequate.
  • intransitive verb. To inhale (something) audibly through the nose; sniff.
  • intransitive verb. To sense or examine by smelling; sniff at.
  • intransitive verb. To sniff; inhale.
  • noun. The act of snuffing or the sound produced by it; a snuffle.
  • noun. The charred portion of a candlewick.
  • transitive verb. To extinguish.
  • transitive verb. To put a sudden end to.
  • transitive verb. To kill; murder.
  • transitive verb. To cut off the charred portion of (a candlewick).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To crop the snuff of, as a candle; take off the end of the snuff from.
  • To draw in through the nose with the breath; inhale: as, to snuff the wind; to snuff tobacco.
  • To scent; smell; take a sniff of: perceive by smelling.
  • To examine by smelling; nose: said of an animal.
  • To inhale air vigorously or audibly, as dogs and horses.
  • To turn up the nose and inhale air, as in contempt or anger; sniff disdainfully or angrily.
  • To smell; especially, to smell curiously or doubtfully.
  • To take snuff into the nose. Compare to dip snuff, under dip, v. t.
  • noun. The burning part of a candle- or lamp-wick, or the part which has been charred by the flame, whether burning or not.
  • noun. A candle almost burnt out, or one having a heavy snuff.
  • noun. In mining, same as smift.
  • noun. Inhalation by the nose; a sniff; also, a pinch of snuff.
  • noun. Smell; scent; odor.
  • noun. Offense; resentment; huff, expressed by a sniffing.
  • noun. A powdered preparation of tobacco taken into the nostrils by inhalation.
  • noun. In therapeutics, any powder with medicinal properties to be snuffed up into the nose.
  • In currying, to smooth or put out with a sleeker. See to put out , under put, intransitive verb
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.
  • transitive verb. To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of.
  • transitive verb. to extinguish by snuffing.
  • transitive verb. To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff.
  • transitive verb. To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.
  • intransitive verb. To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses.
  • intransitive verb. To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense.
  • noun. The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.
  • noun. Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once.
  • noun. Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose.
  • noun. See Dipping, n., 5.
  • noun. one who uses snuff by inhaling it through the nose.
  • noun. to be angry or offended.
  • noun. not likely to be imposed upon; knowing; acute.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
  • noun. Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue; see also snus.
  • Word Usage
    "Seems to me, sir -- _snuff, snuff, snuff_ -- that the way to do him good is to let him have his own way, so long as he doesn't want to do anything silly."
    Equivalent
    chromatic  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    breathe in  char  hint  inhale  inspire  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Slough  bluff  bruff  buff  cuff  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    snuffed  snuffing  snuffs