snuff

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.

   “The native of some South American tribes use this drug as an aphrodisiac in the form of a snuff called cohoba.”

2. isim Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.

   “Dry snuffs are often adulterated with quicklime, and moist snuffs, as rappee, with ammonia, hellebore, pearl-ash, etc.”

3. isim A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
4. isim The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
5. isim Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
6. isim Snot, mucus.
7. isim Smell, scent, odour.
8. fiil To inhale through the nose.

   “He snuffs the wind, his heels the sand excite.”

9. fiil 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?”

10. fiil To drug (a person) with a mixture of snuff and beer.
11. isim The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).

    “his memory stinks like the snuff of a candle when it is put out […]”

12. isim Leavings in a glass after drinking; heeltaps.
13. isim A murder.

    “The cops are chasing their own asses on the St Christopher case, so how about a “Are You St Christopher's Next Slaying?” piece? Profiles of all the snuffs to date and reconstructions of the victims' last minutes.”

14. isim A film or video clip which involves a real non-acted murder.
15. fiil To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.

    “If you like snuff stories, Mr. Witomski's computer will send you information about the Gladiator newsletter. And if you happen to prefer killing sexual partners of the opposite sex — no problem, the computer will alter the pronouns.”

16. fiil To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.
17. fiil To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.

    “Too much of a coward to snuff myself Guess I'll just have to suffer myself”