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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • slang Of or pertaining to death.

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Noun:

  • A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
  • Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.
  • Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
  • obsolete Leavings in a glass after drinking; heel-taps.''Universal Dictionary of the English Language'' [UDE], 1896.
  • obsolete Smell, scent, odour.
  • obsolete Snot, mucus.
  • Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
  • The act of inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
  • The burning part of a candle wick, or that which has been charred by the flame, whether burning or not. ''Universal Dictionary of the English Language'' [UDE], 1896.

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Verb:

  • slang To kill a person; to snuff out.
  • To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
  • To inhale through the nose.

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