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Raresnuff
The correct spelling is snuff.
How to pronounce snuff
/snʌf/
nounIPA: /snʌf/
Say it like: Snu-ff
The correct spelling is snuff. Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
- 2.Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue; see also snus.
- 3.A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
- 4.The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
- 5.Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
verb
- 1.To inhale through the nose.
- 2.To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
- 3.To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
- 4.To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.
- 5.To kill a person; to snuff out.
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