snuff

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Synonyms: stuff, sniff, scuff, sluff, snoff, suff, nuff, knuff, shuff, snurf, snaff

Antonyms: stuff, sniff, scuff, sluff, snoff, suff, nuff, knuff, shuff, snurf, snaff

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Noun

1. Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
2. Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.
3. A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
4. The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
5. Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
6. Snot, mucus.
7. Smell, scent, odour.

Verb

1. To inhale through the nose.
2. To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense.
3. To drug (a person) with a mixture of snuff and beer.

Noun

1. The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).
2. Leavings in a glass after drinking; heeltaps.
3. A murder.
4. A video showing a real, non-acted murder.
5. Erotica focusing on a character's murder.

Verb

1. To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
2. To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.
3. To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.

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