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snuff

The correct spelling is snuff.

How to pronounce snuff

/snʌf/
noun

IPA: /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. 1.Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
  2. 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. 3.A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
  4. 4.The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
  5. 5.Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.

verb

  1. 1.To inhale through the nose.
  2. 2.To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
  3. 3.To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
  4. 4.To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.
  5. 5.To kill a person; to snuff out.

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