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snuff

Dictionary definition · snuff

noun

  1. the charred portion of a candlewick
  2. a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
  3. finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
  4. sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose

verb

  1. sniff or smell inquiringly
  2. inhale (something) through the nose"snuff coke"

adjective

  1. snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).