Definizione monolingua

snuff

snuff (third-person singular simple present snuffs, present participle snuffing, simple past and past participle snuffed)

1. To inhale through the nose.

snuff (uncountable)

1. Finely ground or pulverized tobacco 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; see also snus.
   • 1896, Universal Dictionary of the English Language:

     Dry snuffs are often adulterated with quicklime, and moist snuffs, as rappee, with ammonia, hellebore, pearl-ash, etc.

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. (obsolete) Snot, mucus.
7. (obsolete) Smell, scent, odour.

Definizione dizionario snuff

	tabacco da fiuto
	fine-ground tobacco

raffreddore

tabacco da presa

Altri significati:

extinguish candle or oil-lamp

(slang) To kill a person; to snuff out.

Ground or pulverized tobacco, which is generally inhaled through the nose.

A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.

(attributive) Pertaining to a form of pornographic film which involves someone's actually being tortured or murdered.

Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.

To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.

(obsolete) Leavings in a glass after drinking; heel-taps.

The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.

(obsolete) Snot, mucus.

To inhale through 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.

Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.

The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which has to be periodically removed).

(obsolete) Smell, scent, odour.