Snuff | Mean of snuff in English Dictionary

/ˈsnʌf/

• Verb
• to cause (something, such as a candle or cigarette) to stop burning by pressing it with your fingers, covering it, etc.
1. She snuffed the candles after everyone had left the table.
2. She snuffed out her cigarette.
• to cause the end of (something)
1. The home run ended the game and snuffed their chances to win a championship.
2. Their hopes were snuffed.
3. Their chances of winning were snuffed out.
4. Her life was snuffed out by cancer.
• to kill (someone)
1. a gangster who was/got snuffed by a rival
2. They threatened to snuff him out.

• to die
1. He snuffed it at a young age.
• Noun
• a type of tobacco that is chewed, placed against the gums, or inhaled into the nose
1. He took a pinch of snuff.
• good enough
1. I'm trying to get my math skills up to snuff.
2. The performances by the actors were not up to snuff.