name, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle.

   "If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup."

2. 2
   a cone-shaped implement with a handle; for extinguishing candles wordnet
3. 3
   A person who uses snuff (the tobacco product).
4. 4
   a person who uses snuff wordnet
5. 5
   The common porpoise.

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6. 6
   a person who snuffs out candles wordnet
7. 7
   The participant in a snuff film who kills another (the snuffee).

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from German.

Synonyms

All synonyms

candle snuffercandle snufferdoutersmokersnuff usersnuffers

Example

More examples

"I used a candle snuffer to snuff out the candle."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From snuff + -er.

Etymology 2

Americanized spelling of German Schnaufer.

Related phrases

snuff filmsnuff out

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