snuff

IPA: snˈʌf

Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue; see also snus.
A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
(obsolete) Snot, mucus.
(obsolete) Smell, scent, odour.
The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).
(obsolete) Leavings in a glass after drinking; heeltaps.
(slang) A murder.
(attributive, slang) A film or video clip which involves a real non-acted murder.

To inhale through the nose.
To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
(transitive, UK, Ireland, slang, obsolete) To drug (a person) with a mixture of snuff and beer.
To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
(obsolete) To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.
(slang) To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.

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