snuffnoun [ U ]
uk/snʌf/us/snʌf/tobacco in the form of a powder for breathing into the nose:
Very few people take snuff nowadays.
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Tobacco & smoking
- baccy
- butt
- cheroot
- cigar
- cigarette butt
- cigarette paper
- e-cigarette
- light (sth) up
- nicotine
- nicotine patch
- non-smoker
- non-smoking
- pipe
- roll-your-own
- second-hand smoke
- smoke
- smoker
- smoking
- stub
- tobacconist
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Idiom(s)
up to snuff
snuffverb [ T ]
uk/snʌf/us/snʌf/to put out a flame, especially from a candle, usually by covering it with something:
One by one she snuffed the candles.
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Stopping fires
- beat
- beat sth out
- blow
- blow (sth) out
- damp
- damp sth down
- douse
- extinguish
- go
- go out
- gutter
- quench
- smother
- snuff sth out
- sprinkler
- sprinkler system
Idiom(s)
snuff it
Phrasal verb(s)
snuff sth out
snuff sb out