Sekirov Dictionary

snuff

/snʌf/

noun 12
verb 6
forms 3
phrases 1

noun12

Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
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Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.
- Dry snuffs are often adulterated with quicklime, and moist snuffs, as rappee, with ammonia, hellebore, pearl-ash, etc. — 1896
[before a noun] (slang) A video showing a real, non-acted murder.
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The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).
- his memory stinks like the snuff of a candle when it is put out […] — 1624
A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
(slang) A murder.
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(informal) Erotica focusing on a character's murder.
- insane woman voice: no i’m not into snuff or gore I just like when pretty femmes get their heads chopped off — 2025
Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
(no longer used) Snot, mucus.
(no longer used) Smell, scent, odour.
(no longer used) Leavings in a glass after drinking; heeltaps.

verb6

To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
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(slang) To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.
- Too much of a coward to snuff myself Guess I'll just have to suffer myself — 1985
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To inhale through the nose.
- He snuffs the wind, his heels the sand excite. — 1697
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To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense.
- January 29, 1625, Joseph Hall, Public thanksgiving for the wonderful mitigation of the late morality Do the enemies of the church rage and snuff?
(slang, no longer used) To drug (a person) with a mixture of snuff and beer.
(no longer used) To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.

forms

snuffed · snuffing · snuffs

Phrases with snuff

snuff out
To extinguish (literally, especially by physically covering or rubbing); to extinguish (figuratively): to stop (a process), to kill (a process).

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