- tobacco in the form of a powder that people take by breathing it into their nosesOxford Collocations Dictionary… of snuff
- pinch
- inhale
- take
- box
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
See snuff in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryup 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.
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