snuff
[noun]
Synonyms: offense, dudgeon, huff, miff, pique, resentment, umbrage
[verb]
Synonyms: smell, nose, scent, sniff, snift

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I. snuff¹ /snʌf/ verb
[Sense 1-2: Date: 1300-1400; Origin: snuff 'burned part of a used candle' (14-19 centuries). ]
[Sense 3: Date: 1500-1600; Language: Dutch; Origin: snuffen 'to sniff']

1. (also snuff out) [transitive] to stop a candle burning by pressing the burning part with your fingers or by covering it

2. snuff it British English informal to die

3. [intransitive and transitive] if an animal snuffs, it breathes air into its nose in a noisy way, especially in order to smell something Synonym : sniff
snuff something/somebody ↔ out phrasal verb

1. to stop a candle burning by pressing the burning part with your fingers or by covering it

2. to stop or end something in a sudden way:
a rebellion that will snuff out democracy

3. informal to kill someone:
a young woman snuffed out by an unknown killer

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. snuff² noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Dutch; Origin: snuf, from snuftabak, from snuffen ( ⇒ snuff¹) + tabak 'tobacco']

1. a type of tobacco in powder form, which people breathe in through their noses:
He took a pinch of snuff.
a snuff box (=a small box used to keep snuff in)

2. up to snuff American English informal good enough for a particular purpose:
A lot of money was spent to bring the building up to snuff.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

snuff
noun
QUANT. pinch
VERB + SNUFF inhale, take
SNUFF + NOUN box

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

snuff
̈ɪsnʌf
See: up to par or up to snuff

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