snuff
To inhale through the noseTo inhale through the nose.
» This translation is not quite up to snuff.
Diese Übersetzung lässt zu wünschen übrig. — Yorwba
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6 senses(transitive)To inhale through the nose.
inhale (something) through the nose
(intransitive)To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense.
January 29, 1625, Joseph Hall, Public thanksgiving for the wonderful mitigation of the late morality Do the enemies of the church rage and snuff?
To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
(slang)To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.
(Ireland, UK, obsolete, slang, transitive)To drug (a person) with a mixture of snuff and beer.
(obsolete)To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.
Examples
17 sentencesThis translation is not quite up to snuff.
deDiese Übersetzung lässt zu wünschen übrig. — Yorwba
Apparently my anti-virus software is not up to snuff.
I used a candle snuffer to snuff out the candle.
But who would like to buy such a bad snuff?
deAber wer würde so einen schlechten Schnupftabak kaufen? — Yorwba
I feel not quite up to snuff when I meet my relatives.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
Late Middle English, from Middle Dutch snuffen (“to snuff, sniff, snuffle”). From MiddleLate Middle English, from Middle Dutch snuffen (“to snuff, sniff, snuffle”).
From Middle English snuffen, snoffen, from the noun (see Etymology 2 above).
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Forms
snuffs, snuffing, snuffed, snuffedSynonyms
1 synonyms- sniff or smell inquiringly:snuffle
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.