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snuff 1
(snŭf)v. snuffed, snuff·ing, snuffs
v.tr.
1. To inhale (something) audibly through the nose; sniff.
2. To sense or examine by smelling; sniff at.
v.intr.
To sniff; inhale.
n.
The act of snuffing or the sound produced by it; a snuffle.
[Middle English snoffen, to snuff a candle, sniffle, probably from snoffe, snuff; see snuff2.]
snuff 2
(snŭf)n.
The charred portion of a candlewick.
tr.v. snuffed, snuff·ing, snuffs
1. To extinguish: snuffed out the candles.
2. To put a sudden end to: lives that were snuffed out by car accidents.
3. Slang To kill; murder.
4. To cut off the charred portion of (a candlewick).
[Middle English snoffe, possibly of Low German origin.]
snuff 3
(snŭf)n.
1.
a. A preparation of finely pulverized tobacco that can be drawn up into the nostrils by inhaling. Also called smokeless tobacco.
b. The quantity of this tobacco that is inhaled at a single time; a pinch.
2. See dip.
3. A powdery substance, such as a medicine, taken by inhaling.
intr.v. snuffed, snuff·ing, snuffs
Idiom: To use or inhale snuff.
up to snuff Informal
1. Normal in health.
2. Up to standard; adequate.
[Dutch snuf, short for snuftabak : Dutch snuffen, to sniff; see snuffle + tabak, tobacco.]
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snuff
(snʌf)vb
1. (Physiology) (tr) to inhale through the nose
2. (Physiology) (when: intr, often foll by at) (esp of an animal) to examine by sniffing
n
an act or the sound of snuffing
[C16: probably from Middle Dutch snuffen to snuffle, ultimately of imitative origin]
ˈsnuffer n
snuff
(snʌf)n
1. (Brewing) finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nostrils or less commonly for chewing
2. (Brewing) a small amount of this
3. (Medicine) any powdered substance, esp one for sniffing up the nostrils
4. up to snuff informal
a. in good health or in good condition
b. chiefly Brit not easily deceived
vb
(Brewing) (intr) to use or inhale snuff
[C17: from Dutch snuf, shortened from snuftabale, literally: tobacco for snuffing; see snuff1]
snuff
(snʌf)vb (tr)
1. (often foll by out) to extinguish (a light from a naked flame, esp a candle)
2. to cut off the charred part of (the wick of a candle, etc)
3. (usually foll by out) informal to suppress; put an end to
4. snuff it informal Brit to die
n
the burned portion of the wick of a candle
[C14 snoffe, of obscure origin]
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snuff1
(snʌf)v.t.
1. to draw in through the nose by inhaling.
2. to perceive by or as if by smelling; sniff.
3. to examine by smelling, as an animal does.
v.i. 4. to draw air into the nostrils by inhaling, as to smell something; snuffle.
5. to take snuff into the nostrils.
6. Obs. to express contempt or displeasure by sniffing (often fol. by at).
n. 7. an act of snuffing; a sniff.
8. smell, scent, or odor.
9. a preparation of tobacco, either powdered and taken into the nostrils by inhalation or ground and placed between the cheek and gum.
10. a pinch of such tobacco.
Idioms: up to snuff, Informal.
a. up to a certain standard; satisfactory.
b. Brit. not easily imposed upon; shrewd; sharp.
[1520–30; < Dutch snuffen]
snuff2
(snʌf)n.
1. the charred or partly consumed portion of a candlewick.
v.t. 2. to cut off or remove the snuff of (candles, tapers, etc.).
3. snuff out,
a. to extinguish.
b. to suppress; crush.
c. Slang. to kill or murder.
[1350–1400; Middle English snoffe, akin to Middle Dutch snuf, snof, Middle Low German snūve head cold]
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snuff
Past participle: snuffed
Gerund: snuffing
| Imperative |
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| snuff |
| snuff |
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| Noun | 1. | snuff - the charred portion of a candlewick candlewick - the wick of a candle char - a charred substance |
| 2. | snuff - a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time | |
| 3. | snuff - finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose rappee - strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco | |
| 4. |  snuff - sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose | |
| Verb | 1. | snuff - sniff or smell inquiringly smell - inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense |
| 2. | 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" | |
| Adj. | 1. | snuff - snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue |
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snuff
verbsnuff it die, expire, perish, pass away, depart, buy it (U.S. slang), check out (U.S. slang), kick it (slang), croak (slang), give up the ghost, go belly-up (slang), peg out (informal), kick the bucket (slang), buy the farm (U.S. slang), peg it (informal), decease, cark it (Austral. & N.Z. slang), pop your clogs (informal), breathe your last, hop the twig (slang) Perhaps he thought he was about to snuff it.
snuff someone out kill, murder, slay, destroy, waste (informal), do in (slang), take out (slang), execute, massacre, butcher, slaughter, dispatch, assassinate, eradicate, do away with, blow away (slang, chiefly U.S.), obliterate, knock off (slang), liquidate, annihilate, neutralize, exterminate, take (someone's) life, bump off (slang), extirpate, wipe from the face of the earth (informal) a bright, articulate young man who was snuffed out by the racism of a few white thugs
snuff something out blow out, put out, extinguish, douse, snuff out, quench, stifle, smother She snuffed out the candle.
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snuff
verbphrasal verbsnuff out
1. To cause to stop burning or giving light:
2. To destroy all traces of:
abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out or up), rub out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out.
Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to.
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Translations
سَعوطيُزيل جُزْء الفَتيلَه
odstřihnout knotšňupací tabák
klippe vægen afsnus
klippa brunninn kveikneftóbak
apgriezt deglišņaucamā tabaka
odstrihnúť knôtšňupací tabak
enfiyemum fitilinin yanık ucunu kesmek
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Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
snuff
n
to be/come up to snuff (dated inf) → mithalten können (inf)
vt candle (= extinguish: also snuff out) → auslöschen; (= trim wick) → putzen, schnäuzen (old); (fig) revolt → ersticken; hopes → zunichtemachen, zerschlagen; to snuff out somebody’s life → jds Lebenslicht auslöschen; to snuff it (Brit inf: = die) → abkratzen (sl)
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snuff
[snʌf]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
snuff1
(snaf) noun powdered tobacco for sniffing up into the nose. He took a pinch of snuff.
snuff2
(snaf) verb to snip off the burnt part of the wick of (a candle or lamp).
snuff out1. to extinguish the flame of (a candle etc). He snuffed out the candle by squeezing the wick between his thumb and forefinger.
2. to (cause to) come to a sudden end. Opposition was quickly snuffed out.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
snuff
v. inhalar; resoplar hacia adentro;
to ___ up → tomar por la nariz.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
snuff
n (tobacco) rapé m, tabaco para inhalarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.