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Snuffing

verb
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo inhale through the nose.
2.verbTo turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
3.verbTo extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
4.verbTo trim the burnt part of a candle wick.
5.verbTo kill a person; to snuff out.
6.nounThe act by which a candle, etc. is snuffed out.
7.nounThe act of one who, or that which, snuffs or makes a low sniffing sound.

Synonyms

sniffsnufflecoloredchromaticchukker-brownmummy-brownsnuff-brownsnusssnubberysnuff moviesnortsnip

Rhymes With

puffinghuffingmuffingsloughingrebuffingscuffingbluffingfluffing
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