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snuff

noun

1 snuff

The charred portion of a candlewick.

Roget 392: pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout, strong taste, twang, race.    sharpness etc. adj.; acrimony; roughness etc. (sour) ... show more

2 snuff

A pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time.

3 snuff

Finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose.

Dutch: snuif

4 snuff

Sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose.

synonym: sniff.

verb

1 snuff

Sniff or smell inquiringly.

synonym: snuffle.

Roget 349: blow, waft; blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane etc. n.; wuther; stream, issue.    respire, breathe, puff; ... show more

Roget 398: have an odor etc. n.; smell, smell of, smell strong of; exhale; give out a smell etc. n.; reek, reek of; scent.    smell, ... show more

Roget 388a: go out, die out, burn out; fizzle.    extinguish; damp, slack, quench, smother; put out, stamp out; douse, snuff, ... show more

2 snuff

Inhale (something) through the nose.

Dutch: snuiftabak, snuiven

adjective

1 snuff

Snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown.

synonyms: chukker-brown, mummy-brown, snuff-brown.


Moby thesaurus: Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspirate, aspiration, assibilate, assibilation, asthmatic wheeze, blow, blow out, breath, breath of air, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, breathing, broken wind, buzz, choke, cough ... show more.

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