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Definition of snuff verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    snuff

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