snuff : Idioms & Phrases

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Snuff dipping

  • . See Dipping, n., 5.
Webster 1913

snuff it

  • verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
    decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; croak; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
    • She died from cancer
    • The children perished in the fire
    • The patient went peacefully
    • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
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snuff out

  • verb put an end to; kill
    extinguish.
    • The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
  • verb put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
    blow out; extinguish; quench.
    • Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
    • quench the flames
    • snuff out the candles
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Snuff taker

  • one who uses snuff by inhaling it through the nose.
Webster 1913

snuff user

  • noun a person who uses snuff
    snuffer.
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snuff-brown

  • adjective satellite snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown
    snuff; chukker-brown; mummy-brown.
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snuff-color

  • noun dark yellowish brown
    snuff-color.
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snuff-colour

  • noun dark yellowish brown
    snuff-color.
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To dip snuff

  • to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and teeth. Southern U. S.
Webster 1913

To snuff out

  • to extinguish by snuffing.
Webster 1913

To take it in snuff

  • to be angry or offended. Shak.
Webster 1913

Up to snuff

  • not likely to be imposed upon; knowing; acute. Slang also, competent, able to do [the task]
Webster 1913