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snuff

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Noun

  1. Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
  2. Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.
  3. A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
  4. The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
  5. Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
  6. Snot, mucus.
  7. Smell, scent, odour.
  8. The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).
  9. Leavings in a glass after drinking; heeltaps.
  10. A murder.
  11. A film or video clip which involves a real non-acted murder.

Verb

  1. To inhale through the nose.
  2. To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
  3. To drug (a person) with a mixture of snuff and beer.
  4. To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
  5. To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.
  6. To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.

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