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- [snuhf]
- /snʌf/
- /snʌf/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [snuhf]
- /snʌf/
Definitions of snuff word
- verb with object snuff to cut off or remove the snuff of (candles, tapers, etc.). 1
- verb without object snuff to draw air into the nostrils by inhaling, as to smell something; snuffle: After snuffing around, he found the gas leak. 1
- verb without object snuff to draw powdered tobacco into the nostrils; take snuff. 1
- verb without object snuff Obsolete. to express disdain, contempt, displeasure, etc., by sniffing (often followed by at). 1
- noun snuff the charred or partly consumed portion of a candlewick. 1
- noun snuff a thing of little or no value, especially if left over. 1
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Origin of snuff
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30, snuff is from the Dutch word snuffen
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Snuff
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
snuff popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
snuff usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for snuff
verb snuff
- blot out — If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- blow away — If you say that you are blown away by something, or if it blows you away, you mean that you are very impressed by it.
- blow out — If you blow out a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning.
- bump off — To bump someone off means to kill them.
- corked — (of a wine) tainted through having a cork containing excess tannin
noun snuff
- chewing tobacco — tobacco, in the form of a plug, usually flavored, for chewing rather than smoking.
- draught — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draughts — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- flatus — intestinal gas produced by bacterial action on waste matter in the intestines and composed primarily of hydrogen sulfide and varying amounts of methane.
- inhalation — an act or instance of inhaling.
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