Past tense of snuff
regular verb
The past tense of snuff is snuffed. The past participle is also snuffed.
Forms of snuff
| Base form (V1) | snuff /snʌf/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | snuffed |
| Past participle (V3) | snuffed |
| Present participle | snuffing |
| Third person singular | snuffs |
Snuffed in a sentence
- That cat must have been twenty years old when he finally snuffed it.From the entry snuff it
- He sighed, snuffed out his cigarette, and got back to work.From the entry snuff out
- He sighed, snuffed out his wish to walk right out the door, and got back to work.From the entry snuff out
- The risk of fire was an ever-present danger, and every night at bedtime they performed the ritual of checking that every candle and lantern had been snuffed out.From the entry snuff out
- I heard he made it all the way down off the mountain before he snuffed it."1994, Pinckney Benedict, Dogs of God, page 204. From the entry take a licking and keep on ticking
Meaning of snuff
- noun Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
- noun Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.
- noun A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
Questions about the past tense of snuff
- What is the past tense of snuff?
- The past tense of snuff is snuffed.
- What is the past participle of snuff?
- The past participle of snuff is snuffed.
- Is snuff a regular or irregular verb?
- Snuff is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: snuff (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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