snuff

/snʌf/ · noun

Meaning

Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue; see also snus.
A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
Snot, mucus.
To inhale through the nose.
To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).
Leavings in a glass after drinking; heeltaps.
A murder.
A form of pornographic film which involves someone actually being murdered.
To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.
To kill a person; to snuff out.

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