Link Centre Dictionary

snuff

UK/snʊf/ US/snʌf/ fairly common informal slang uk
noun (4) adjective (1) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.
3.

finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose

4.

sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose

Synonyms

adjective

1.

verb

1.
2.

inhale audibly through the nose

  • “snuff coke”

Origin

Late Middle English, from Middle Dutch snuffen (“to snuff, sniff, snuffle”). Related to Dutch snuiven (“to sniff”), Middle Low German snûve (“pose, head-cold”), German Schnupfen (“head-cold”). The noun is probably from Dutch snuf (“snuff”), an abbreviation of snuftabak, snuiftabak (“snuff”). Related to sniff (compare Dutch snuffen (“snuff”), German schnupf (“snuff”), French schnouff (“junk”)).

Phrases

  • creamy snuff
  • fairy snuff
  • snuff bottle
  • snuff box
  • snuff box sea bean
  • snuff film
  • snuff it
  • snuff movie
  • snuff out
  • snuff video
  • up to snuff

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

Parts

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.