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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 followed by at).
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Up to snuff
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noun
Idiom7.
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.
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; < Dutch snuffen
1520–30; < Dutch snuffen
Related forms
snuff·ing·ly, adverb
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Word Origin & History
snuff
"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.
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Medical Dictionary
snuff (snŭf)
v. snuffed, snuff·ing, snuffs
To inhale something audibly through the nose; sniff. n.
A preparation of finely pulverized tobacco that can be drawn up into the nostrils by inhaling.
A medicated powder inhaled through or blown into the nose.
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Slang Dictionary
snuff (so) (out) definition
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