English Explanatory Dictionary

snuff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) 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.
  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.
  6. Snot, mucus.
  7. Smell, scent, odour.
verb
  1. To inhale through the nose.
  2. To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense.
  3. To drug (a person) with a mixture of snuff and beer.
noun
  1. The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).
  2. Leavings in a glass after drinking; heeltaps.
  3. A murder.
  4. A film or video clip which involves a real non-acted murder.
verb
  1. To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
  2. To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.
  3. To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.

Pronunciation

/snʌf/ /snɐf/ En-au-snuff.ogg /snʊf/

Word forms

snuff snuffs snuffing snuffed

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Middle Dutch snuffen (“to snuff, sniff, snuffle”). Related to Dutch snuiven (“to sniff”), Middle Low German snûve (“pose, head-cold”), German Schnupfen (“head-cold”). The noun is probably from Dutch snuf (“snuff”), an abbreviation of snuftabak, snuiftabak (“snuff”). Related to sniff (compare Dutch snuffen (“snuff”), German schnupf (“snuff”), French schnouff (“junk”)).

Synonyms

chewing tobacco dip

Derived words

besnuff creamy snuff fairy snuff huff-snuff snuff-and-butter snuff bottle snuff-box snuffbox snuff box snuff box sea bean snuff-horn snuffish snuff-mull snuffy up to snuff snuff film snuff movie snuff out snuffingly snuffle unsnuffed snuff-dish snuffee snuffer snuff it snuffless

Translations

Afar: siinó Arabic: نَشُوق Armenian: քթախոտ Azerbaijani: burunotu Bulgarian: енфие Catalan: rapè Chinese Mandarin: 鼻煙 /鼻烟 Dutch: snuif Dutch: snuiftabak Finnish: nuuska French: tabac à priser French: snuff Georgian: ბურნუთი German: Schnupftabak Hungarian: burnót Hungarian: tubák Italian: tabacco da fiuto Japanese: かぎタバコ Japanese: スナッフ Japanese: 嗅ぎタバコ Macedonian: бурмут Navajo: nátʼoh yildeełí nííʼiiʼnił Norwegian Bokmål: snus Norwegian Nynorsk: snus Polish: tabaka Portuguese: rapé Quechua: sinq'ay Russian: ню́хательный таба́к Russian: снафф Scottish Gaelic: snaoisean Spanish: rapé Swedish: snus Telugu: ముక్కుపొడి Thai: ยานัตถุ์ Turkish: burun otu Turkish: enfiye Ottoman Turkish: بورون اوتی Ottoman Turkish: انفیه Ukrainian: таба́ка Ukrainian: поню́шка
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