snuffer
snuffer noun: a device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle.
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Noun
snuffer (plural snuffers)
- 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.1731 (date written; published 1745), [Jonathan] Swift, Directions to Servants […], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], and M. Cooper, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- candle snuffer
- A person who uses snuff (the tobacco product).
- The common porpoise.
- The participant in a snuff film who kills another (the snuffee).
Proper noun capitalized: Snuffer
Snuffer (plural Snuffers)
- A surname from German.
snuffer meaning in Tamil
snuffer in Tamil
- மூக்குப் பொடியாளி
Synonyms of snuffer
Forms of snuffer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | snuffers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Snuffers |
Origin of snuffer
From snuff + -er.
Americanized spelling of German Schnaufer.
Phrases with snuffer
Questions about snuffer
- What does snuffer mean?
- Snuffer means a device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle.
- What is snuffer in Tamil?
- Snuffer in Tamil is மூக்குப் பொடியாளி. See Snuffer meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is snuffer?
- Snuffer can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of snuffer?
- The plural of snuffer is snuffers.
Words near snuffer in the dictionary
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