Snuff
noun
- 1.
- (Fine tobacco powder which is sniffed in through the nose. up to snuff up to a. usual standard. -up to snuff not easily impressed upon, shrewd, sharp, satisfactory) សំបោរដែលគេញើសមក់
Example: I don't feel quite up to snuff today.loud snuff ការហឺតខ្លាំង, use snuff ថ្នាំជក់សម្រាប់ហឺត
verb — past tense: snuffed ; past participle: snuffed ; present participle: snuffing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To nip this off; to extinguish. -snuff out, to extinguish, crush, suppress) ញើសសំបោរ, ហឺត (ឧទាហរណ៍៖ ហឺតថ្នាំ), snuff a candle លត់, ពន្លត់ snuff out (his life) ធ្វើអោយបាត់បង់ (ជីវិត)
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to trim off the charred end of, to cause to die suddenly, to small) snuff the air ហិត (ឮសូរ), snuff tobacco ហឺត
- snuff out
- បង្ខំអោយឈប់, តាមសង្កត់
- បញ្ចប់, ធ្វើអោយបាត់បង់
- ពន្លត់, ផ្លុំពន្លត់
- បញ្ចប់, ពន្លត់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.
- 2.
- The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.
- 3.
- Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once.
- 4.
- Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose.
verb — past tense: snuffed ; past participle: snuffed ; present participle: snuffing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense.