What does snuffing mean?
Snuffing means present participle and gerund of snuff.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of snuff.
Then there were frantic snuffings under the doors, and a general agitation.
It was early on the fifteenth day that I heard a curious familiar sequence of sounds in the kitchen, and, listening, identified it as the snuffing and scratching of a dog.
Use snuffing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Snuffing means present participle and gerund of snuff.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Then there were frantic snuffings under the doors, and a general agitation.
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