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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

snuff

2  [snuhf]
–noun
1. the charred or partly consumed portion of a candlewick.
2. a thing of little or no value, esp. if left over.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cut off or remove the snuff of (candles, tapers, etc.).
—Verb phrase
4. snuff out,
a. to extinguish: to snuff out a candle.
b. to suppress; crush: to snuff out opposition.
c. Informal. to kill or murder: Many lives were snuffed out during the epidemic.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME snoffe < ?
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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 preparation of finely pulverized tobacco that can be drawn up into the nostrils by inhaling. Also called smokeless tobacco.
    2. The quantity of this tobacco that is inhaled at a single time; a pinch.
  2. A powdery substance, such as a medicine, taken by inhaling.
intr.v.   snuffed, snuff·ing, snuffs
To use or inhale snuff.

[Dutch snuf, short for snuftabak : Dutch snuffen, to sniff; see snuffle + tabak, tobacco.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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