- 1[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
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- 2[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. Phrasal Verbssnuff out
snuff
verbNAmE//snʌf//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they snuff he / she / it snuffs
past simple snuffed
-ing form snuffing
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