snuff

verb

/snʌf/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they snuff	/snʌf/ /snʌf/
he / she / it snuffs	/snʌfs/ /snʌfs/
past simple snuffed	/snʌft/ /snʌft/
past participle snuffed	/snʌft/ /snʌft/
-ing form snuffing	/ˈsnʌfɪŋ/ /ˈsnʌfɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

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[transitive] snuff something (out) to stop a small flame from burning, especially by pressing it between your fingers or covering it with something synonym extinguish
[intransitive, transitive] snuff (something) (of an animal) to smell something by breathing in noisily through the nose
- The dogs were snuffing gently at my feet.

Word Originverb sense 1 late Middle English: of unknown origin. verb sense 2 late Middle English (as a verb): from Middle Dutch snuffen ‘to snuffle’. The noun dates from the late 17th cent. and is probably an abbreviation of Dutch snuftabak.

Idioms

snuff it

(British English, slang, humorous) to die

snuff

noun

/snʌf/

[uncountable]Idioms

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tobacco in the form of a powder that people take by breathing it into their noses
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
… of snuff
- pinch
verb + snuff
- inhale
- take
snuff + noun
- box
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Word Originnoun late Middle English (as a verb): from Middle Dutch snuffen ‘to snuffle’. The noun dates from the late 17th cent. and is probably an abbreviation of Dutch snuftabak.

Idioms

up to snuff (North American English)

(British English up to the mark)

as good as it/they should be synonym up to scratch
- Your work isn't really up to snuff.