snuff, snuff-brown, mummy-brown, chukker-brown
(adjective) snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown
sniff, snuff
(noun) sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
snuff
(noun) finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
snuff
(noun) a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
snuff
(noun) the charred portion of a candlewick
snuff
(verb) inhale (something) through the nose; “snuff coke”
snuff, snuffle
(verb) sniff or smell inquiringly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
snuff (countable and uncountable, plural snuffs)
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.
(obsolete) Snot, mucus.
(obsolete) Smell, scent, odour.
snuff (third-person singular simple present snuffs, present participle snuffing, simple past and past participle snuffed)
To inhale through the nose.
To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
snuff (countable and uncountable, plural snuffs)
The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).
(obsolete) Leavings in a glass after drinking; heeltaps.
(slang) A murder.
(attributive) A form of pornographic film which involves someone actually being murdered.
snuff (third-person singular simple present snuffs, present participle snuffing, simple past and past participle snuffed)
To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
(obsolete) To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.
(slang) To kill a person; to snuff out.
Source: Wiktionary
Snuff, n. Etym: [Cf. G. schnuppe candle snuff, schnuppen to snuff a candle (see Snuff, v. t., to snuff a candle), or cf. Snub, v. t.]
Definition: The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not. If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup. Swift.
Snuff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snuffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Snuffing.] Etym: [OE. snuffen. See Snuff of a candle Snuff to sniff.]
Definition: To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of. To snuff out, to extinguish by snuffing.
Snuff, v. t.Etym: [Akin to D. snuffen, G. schnupfen, schnuppen, to snuff, schnupfen a cold in the head, schnuppen to snuff (air), also, to snuff (a candle). Cf. Sniff, Snout, Snub, v. i.]
1. To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff. He snuffs the wind, his heels the sand excite. Dryden.
2. To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.
Snuff, v. i.
1. To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses. Dryden.
2. To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense. Do the enemies of the church rage and snuff Bp. Hall.
Snuff, n.
1. The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.
2. Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once.
3. Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose. [Obs.] Snuff dipping. See Dipping, n., 5.
– Snuff taker, one who uses snuff by inhaling it through the nose.
– To take it in snuff, to be angry or offended. Shak.
– Up to snuff, not likely to be imposed upon; knowing; acute. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
