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snuffings

snuffings is the plural of snuffing.

Meaning of snuffing

Noun

snuffing (plural snuffings)

  1. The act by which a candle, etc. is snuffed out.
  2. The act of one who, or that which, snuffs or makes a low sniffing sound.
    • Then there were frantic snuffings under the doors, and a general agitation.1879, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Vixen

Questions about snuffings

What is snuffings the plural of?
Snuffings is the plural of snuffing.

Words near snuffings in the dictionary

  1. snuffiness
  2. snuffing
  3. snuffing it
  4. snuffing out
  5. snuffingly
  6. snuffings
  7. snuffish
  8. snuffle
  9. snuffled
  10. snuffler
  11. snufflers

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