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snuffing it

snuffing it is the present participle and gerund of snuff it.

Meaning of snuff it

Verb

snuff it (third-person singular simple present snuffs it, present participle snuffing it, simple past and past participle snuffed it)

  1. (colloquial, euphemistic) to die.
    • That cat must have been twenty years old when he finally snuffed it.

Questions about snuffing it

What is snuffing it the present participle and gerund of?
Snuffing it is the present participle and gerund of snuff it.

Words near snuffing it in the dictionary

  1. snuffier
  2. snuffiest
  3. snuffily
  4. snuffiness
  5. snuffing
  6. snuffing it
  7. snuffing out
  8. snuffingly
  9. snuffings
  10. snuffish
  11. snuffle

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