Snuffing is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SNUFFING in dictionary:

VERB:
• extinguish (a candle or flame)
• trim the charred wick from (a candle).
• kill or put an end to in an abrupt or sudden manner
• die
• inhale or sniff at (something).
• sniff up powdered tobacco
NOUN:
• the act of snuffing
• the charred part of a candle wick.
• powdered tobacco that is sniffed up the nostril rather than smoked
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to use or inhale snuff (powdered tobacco)

Words related to SNUFFING

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Words that contain SNUFFING

snuffings16

How to use SNUFFING in a sentence

• It had gone down on all fours and was snuffing and rooting, like a veritable hog, at the surface of the arena.
• He came out of his heavy slumber from feeling something snuffing and clawing at his shoulder.
• All this turned out as was expected, and the pigs were soon seen on the island, snuffing around on the rocks, and trying to root.
• There was something very cheery and reassuring in these little streaming flames, and snuffing them gave me an occupation, and afforded a helpful sense of the passage of time.
• I set to, snuffing away till I made my nose sore, and lost my appetite.
• Some hundred yards away the mule paused and began blowing and snuffing in the alkali as though in search of feed.
• However, Rover, after his disappointment, received me with a wag of his tail, and then, after snuffing around for a moment, started in a trot towards the field we have just left.
• The hound was snuffing at the door, and uttered a low wail, as though mourning for the dead.
• Snuffing slightly at the storm, which was not over yet, Rover started down the walk, while Hugh stood waiting in the door.
• We two can go snuffing about here alone as long as we please.
• Ahead of him trotted Bowser the Hound, sniffing and snuffing for the tracks of Reddy or Granny Fox.
• You misunderstand me? It is the expectancy, the snuffing up of the fumes beforehand, the very consciousness of your inability to cope with it, which makes such a meal delicious.
• In his present hesitating frame of mind, it was a kind of relief to gain a few moments only by engaging in the trifling occupation of snuffing the candle.
• The underfed dogs snapped and growled in the passages, glaring at the cold stars, and snuffing into the bitter wind, night after night.
• The animal, bewildered, now came down to the water, with its head in the air, and snuffing as it took short, nervous steps.
• He was unfamiliar with death in any form, and this snuffing out of a life seemed to him particularly horrible.
• On he came, snuffing and barking like a dog, making my very hair stand on end.
• A sharp and hasty snort, with a snuffing of the wind in the direction of the sea, now pointed out the quarter towards which his attention was excited.
• The longer she stood there, with her nose twitching, and snuffing up the air, the more uneasy she became.
• Stellato, snuffing their victims afar off, left their work unfinished in towns of less importance, and hurried to Foxden.

Similar words containing SNUFF without suffix ing

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