Crossword-Solution: SNUFF
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Snuff | v. t. | The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not. |
| Snuff | v. t. | To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of. |
| Snuff | v. i. | To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff. |
| Snuff | v. i. | To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell. |
| Snuff | v. i. | To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses. |
| Snuff | v. i. | To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense. |
| Snuff | n. | The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff. |
| Snuff | n. | Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once. |
| Snuff | n. | Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose. |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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greedy person
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Sentences with SNUFF (5)
Oak extinguished the lantern by blowing into it and then pinching out the snuff, the cot being lighted by a candle suspended by a twisted wire.
Sleek unwieldy porkers were grunting in the repose and abundance of their pens, from whence sallied forth, now and then, troops of sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air.
Chauvelin had not raised his voice above a whisper; he was now quietly taking a pinch of snuff, yet there was something in his attitude, something in those pale, foxy eyes, which seemed to freeze the blood in her veins, as would the sight of some deadly hitherto unguessed peril.
Love is a madness; if thwarted it develops fast; it can grow to a frenzy of despair and make an otherwise sane and highly gifted prince, like Rudolph, throw away the crown of an empire and snuff out his own life.
There was soon but one person left of all the crowd, and he, with his hat under his arm and his snuff-box in his hand, slowly passed among the mirrors on his way out.
Quotes with SNUFF (3)
De jure objections are arguments of claims to the effect that Christian belief, whether or not true, is at any rate unjustifiable, or rationally unjustified, or irrational, or not intellectually respectable, or contrary to sound morality, or without sufficient evidence, or in some other way rationally unacceptable, not up to snuff from an intellectual point of view.
Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle like a game of go. I will take hold of all the pain and snuff it out.
To you, death does not simply end life. It steals away the sunsets you'll never see, the children you'll never hold, the wife you'll never love. It's frightening to almost lose your future, and it's heartbreaking to witness death snuff out other people's tomorrows.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 42 times in crossword archives (1970–2022).