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Meanings of snuff in English

Russian
нюхательный табак
Portuguese
rapé
Spanish
rape
Catalan
rapè
Wikidata

Smokeless tobacco.

Related terms
нюхательный табак
Catalan
aspiració
Spanish
aspiración

Sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose.

aspiració
Synonyms
Examples for "sniff"
Examples for "sniff"
1
Good luck at Oberlin, she said with a sniff for good measure.
The Perfectionists
2
Don't let the sniff of a voetstoots bargain rule your common sense.
The South African
3
Another sniff said Robert had diffused Lorraine's pique for the second time.
The pretender's crown
4
I've already seen you, the reply came, followed by a small sniff.
Immortal wolf
5
It was possible that he had the first sniff of a lead.
The genesis secret
Catalan
esbufegar
Spanish
respirar ruidosamente

Sniff or smell inquiringly.

esbufegar

Snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown.

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Usage of snuff in English
1
It must have been the fault of the Goblin in the snuff-box.
Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories / The Young Folks Treasu...
2
Today, open once more to any available sun, they are snuff dry.
The Guardian
3
Therefore no more snuff-boxes; in future I accept only orders of merit.
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1
4
You could hear the does and fawns coughing in the snuff-like dust.
The Second Jungle Book
5
It was indeed the snuff-box of the President of the Weldon Institute.
Robur the Conqueror
6
He applied perpetually to the snuff-box in the knob of his cane.
Man and Wife
7
Mr. Sweetser was largely engaged in the manufacture of snuff and cigars.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 3, December, 1884
8
The Princess-mother took the snuff-box reluctantly and turned it over and over.
Clementina
9
Some had them inlaid in gold on the lid of their snuff-boxes.
The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abol...
10
The powdered root mixed in snuff is of efficacy for weak eyes.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
11
They can snuff a candle with a rifle ball in the dark.
The Last Trail
12
Often just a simple cold suffices to snuff out the flickering life.
Kimono
13
I mean, how do I know you're not going to snuff me?
The Neutronium Alchemist
14
At present he was busy polishing his snuff box with his handkerchief.
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
15
The cattle snuff the refreshing winds, that bear tidings of green fields.
Town and Country; Or, Life at Home and Abroad, Without and Withi...
16
The snuff of the burnt candle of enjoyment he calls regret, repentance.
Mrs. Falchion, Volume 2.
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Translations for snuff
Portuguese
rapé
Snuff through the time
Snuff across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common