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snuff

1  [snuhf]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to draw in through the nose by inhaling.
2. to perceive by or as by smelling; sniff.
3. to examine by smelling, as an animal does.
–verb (used without object)
4. to draw air into the nostrils by inhaling, as to smell something; snuffle: After snuffing around, he found the gas leak.
5. to draw powdered tobacco into the nostrils; take snuff.
6. Obsolete. to express disdain, contempt, displeasure, etc., by sniffing (often fol. by at).
–noun
7. an act of snuffing; an inhalation through the nose; 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.
—Idiom
11. up to snuff, Informal.
a. British. not easily imposed upon; shrewd; sharp.
b. up to a certain standard; satisfactory: His performance wasn't up to snuff.
Origin:
1520–30; < D snuffen

Related forms:
snuff⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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Slang Dictionary
snuff (so) (out)

  1. tv.
    to kill someone. : Max really wanted to snuff the eyewitness out, once and for all.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

snuff  (n.)
"powdered tobacco to be inhaled," 1683, from Du. or Flem. snuf, shortened form of snuftabak "snuff tobacco," from snuffen "to sniff, snuff" (see snuff (v.2)). The practice became fashionable in England c.1680. Snuff-box is attested from 1687.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: snuff
Pronunciation: 'sn&f
Function: noun
: a preparation of pulverized tobacco to be inhaled through the nostrils, chewed, or placed againstthe gums; also : a preparation of a powdered drug to be inhaled through the nostrils
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

snuff (snŭf)
v. snuffed, snuff·ing, snuffs
To inhale something audibly through the nose; sniff. n.

  1. A preparation of finely pulverized tobacco that can be drawn up into the nostrils by inhaling.

  2. A medicated powder inhaled through or blown into the nose.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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