Snuffing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Snuffing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of snuff.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of snuff.
More Meanings
- The act by which a candle, etc. is snuffed out.
- The act of one who, or that which, snuffs or makes a low sniffing sound.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- snuffings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sniff, snuffle, colored, chromatic, snuss, snubbery.
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