1. snuff(n = noun.substance) - the charred portion of a candlewick;
is a kind of char
is a part of candlewick
2. snuff(n = noun.quantity) - a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time;
is a kind of hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch
3. snuff(n = noun.artifact) - finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose;
is a kind of baccy, tobacco
has particulars: rappee
4. snuff(n = noun.act) sniff - sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose;
is a kind of smell, smelling
Derived forms verb snuff2, verb snuff1
1. snuff(v = verb.perception) snuffle - sniff or smell inquiringly;
is one way to smell
Derived form noun snuff4
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
2. snuff(v = verb.body) - inhale audibly through the nose; "snuff coke"
is one way to breathe in, inhale, inspire
Derived form noun snuff4
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
snuff(s = adj.all) chukker-brown, mummy-brown, snuff-brown - snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown;
The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not. [1913 Webster]
"If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup." [1913 Webster]
To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of. [1913 Webster]
1. To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff. [1913 Webster]
"He snuffs the wind, his heels the sand excite." [1913 Webster]
2. To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell. [1913 Webster]
1. To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
2. To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense. [1913 Webster]
"Do the enemies of the church rage and snuff?" [1913 Webster]
1. The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff. [1913 Webster]
2. Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once. [1913 Webster]
3. Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose. [1913 Webster]
snuff, n. & v.
--n. the charred part of a candle-wick.
--v.tr. trim the snuff from (a candle).
Idiom:
snuff it Brit. sl. die. snuff out
1 extinguish by snuffing.
2 kill; put an end to.
snuff, n. & v.
--n. powdered tobacco or medicine taken by sniffing it up the nostrils.
--v.intr. take snuff.
Idiom:
snuff-coloured dark yellowish-brown. up to snuff colloq.
1 Brit. knowing; not easily deceived.
2 up to standard.
Etymology:
Du. snuf (tabak tobacco) f. MDu. snuffen snuffle
VB blow, waft, blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane, wuther, stream, issue, respire, breathe, puff, whiff, whiffle, gasp, wheeze, snuff, snuffle, sniff, sniffle, sneeze, cough, fan, ventilate, inflate, perflate, blow up.
VB go out, die out, burn out, fizzle, extinguish, damp, slack, quench, smother, put out, stamp out, douse, snuff, snuff out, blow out, fireproof, flameproof.
N pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout, strong taste, twang, race, sharpness, acrimony, roughness, unsavoriness, mustard, cayenne, caviare, seasoning, niter, saltpeter, brine (saltiness), carbonate of ammonia, sal ammoniac, sal volatile, smelling salts, hartshorn (acridity), dram, cordial, nip, nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke, segar, cigar, cigarette, weed, fragrant weed, Indian weed, Cavendish, fid, negro head, old soldier, rappee, stogy, pungent, strong, high-, full-flavored, high-tasted, high-seasoned, gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy, biting, mordant, spicy, seasoned, hot, hot as pepper, peppery, vellicating, escharotic, meracious, acrid, acrimonious, bitter, rough, unsavory.
VB have an odor, smell, smell of, smell strong of, exhale, give out a smell, reek, reek of, scent, smell, scent, snuff, snuff up, sniff, nose, inhale.