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Synonyms for snuff

Grammar : Verb
Spell : snuhf
Phonetic Transcription : snÊŒf

Définition of snuff

Origin :
  • "to cut or pinch off the burned part of a candle wick," mid-15c., from noun snoffe "burned part of a candle wick" (late 14c.), of unknown origin, perhaps related to snuff (v.2). The meaning "to die" is from 1865; that of "to kill" is from 1932; snuff-film, originally an urban legend, is from 1975.
  • verb destroy
Example sentences :
  • When he had said it, he took a culminating pinch of snuff, and put his box in his pocket.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • The head of the animal was tossed; then it seemed to snuff the air, and it gave a shriek.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • She has left off chewing and smoking, having found a refuge in snuff.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 » by Various
  • I must have a care I don't get some of that snuff out of his nose.
  • Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
  • Against the regulations of the College, he used to bring in snuff to the other scholars.
  • Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
  • "The streets are astir," put in Wharton, helping himself to snuff.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Joe was up to snuff and sent the boys on what he considered a wild-goose chase.
  • Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
  • "That's the only bit in the paper I'd give the snuff of my pipe for," said Mrs. Branaghan.
  • Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever
  • The snuff was excellent, but the object which contained it was still better.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • In my hurry I had forgotten to snuff the wick after blowing it out.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

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