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Raresnuffing
The correct spelling is snuffing.
How to pronounce snuffing
verb
Say it like: Snu-ffi-ng
The correct spelling is snuffing. To inhale through the nose.
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Meanings
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.
noun
- 1.The act by which a candle, etc. is snuffed out.
- 2.The act of one who, or that which, snuffs or makes a low sniffing sound.
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