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snuff




Définitions

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snuff
     1. n. Tabac à priser.
     2. n. Reniflement.
     3. n. Prise de tabac ou de tout autre matière (cocaïne) par le nez.
     4. n. Snuff.
     5. v. Renifler.
           Napoleon paced to and fro in silence, occasionally snuffing at the ground.
     6. v. Retrousser le nez en signe de mécontentement, de désaccord.
           Do the enemies of the church rage and snuff?
     7. n. Mèche d'une bougie, d'une chandelle.
     8. n. Snuff.
     9. n.
     10. v. Éteindre une bougie, moucher.
     11. v. (Argot) Tuer, étouffer une personne.
anglais > anglais
snuff
     1. n. Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
     2. n. 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.
     3. n. A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
     4. n. The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
     5. n. Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
     6. n. (obsolete) Snot, mucus.
     7. n. (obsolete) Smell, scent, odour.
     8. v. To inhale through the nose.
     9. v. To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
     10. n. The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).
     11. n. (obsolete) Leavings in a glass after drinking; heeltaps.
     12. n. (slang) A murder.
     13. n. (attributive) A form of pornographic film which involves someone actually being murdered.
     14. v. To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
     15. v. (obsolete) To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.
     16. v. (slang) To kill a person; to snuff out.

Exemples de phrases

It's a lot of people to snuff at once. 



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