snuff

Noun · Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: sniffsnufflesnuff-brownmummy-brownchukker-brown

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. the charred portion of a candlewick
  2. a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
  3. finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
  4. sensing an odor by inhaling through the noseSynonyms: sniff

Verb (2)

  1. sniff or smell inquiringlySynonyms: snuffle
  2. inhale audibly through the nose“snuff coke”

Adjective (1)

  1. snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brownSynonyms: snuff-brownmummy-brownchukker-brown
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Snuff \Snuff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snuffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Snuffing.] [OE. snuffen. See Snuff of a candle Snuff to sniff.] To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of. [1913 Webster]

To snuff out, to extinguish by snuffing. [1913 Webster]

Snuff \Snuff\, v. t.[Akin to D. snuffen, G. schnupfen, schnuppen, to snuff, schnupfen a cold in the head, schnuppen to snuff (air), also, to snuff (a candle). Cf. Sniff, Snout, Snub, v. i.]

1.To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff. [1913 Webster]

He snuffs the wind, his heels the sand excite.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell. [1913 Webster]

Snuff \Snuff\, v. i.

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?— Bp. Hall.[1913 Webster]
Snuff \Snuff\, n. [Cf. G. schnuppe candle snuff, schnuppen to snuff a candle (see Snuff, v. t., to snuff a candle), or cf. Snub, v. t.] 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. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

Snuff \Snuff\, n.

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. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Snuff dipping. See Dipping, n., 5.

Snuff taker, one who uses snuff by inhaling it through the nose.

To take it in snuff, to be angry or offended. --Shak.

Up to snuff, not likely to be imposed upon; knowing; acute. [Slang] [1913 Webster]

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