Snuff

Quick meaning: Snuff is a noun meaning Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.

Meaning

Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.

More Meanings

1. Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.
2. A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
3. The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
4. Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
5. (transitive) To inhale through the nose.
6. (obsolete) Snot, mucus.
7. (obsolete) Smell, scent, odour.

Example Sentences

He snuffs the wind, his heels the sand excite.

his memory stinks like the snuff of a candle when it is put out […]

Napoleon paced to and fro in silence, occasionally snuffing at the ground.

[…] most of the women dipped snuff and of course had a spit-cup in the house.

Word Forms

• snuffs
• snuffing
• snuffed

Synonyms for snuff

Depending on context, synonyms include dip, chromatic, snuffle, sniff, colored.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sniff, snuffle, colored, chromatic, snus, tobacco.

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