snuffing
verb
- 1
To inhale through the nose.
- 2
To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
verb
- 1
To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
- 2
To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.
- 3
To kill a person; to snuff out.
noun
- 1
The act by which a candle, etc. is snuffed out.
- 2
The act of one who, or that which, snuffs or makes a low sniffing sound.
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