snuff

1. 1.

   sniff or smell inquiringly

   Synonymssnuffle

   Broadersmell
2. 2.

   inhale (something) through the nose

   “snuff coke”

   Broaderinhale

1. 1.

   snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown

   Synonymssnuff-brownmummy-brownchukker-brown

   Similarchromatic

Other forms of snuff

plural

snuffs·

past tense

snuffed·

present participle

snuffing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about snuff

What does snuff mean?

snuff means "the charred portion of a candlewick". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in snuff?

snuff has 1 syllable: snuff. In IPA it is /ˈsnʌf/.

What is another word for snuff?

Close synonyms include sniff, snuffle, snuff-brown, mummy-brown, chukker-brown. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is snuff a common word?

snuff is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.