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snuffing

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. 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.

noun

  1. 1.The act by which a candle, etc. is snuffed out.
  2. 2.The act of one who, or that which, snuffs or makes a low sniffing sound.

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