To draw in through the nose with the breath; inhale: as, to snuff the wind; to snuff tobacco.To scent; smell; take a sniff of: perceive by smelling.To examine by smelling; nose: said of an animal.To inhale air vigorously or audibly, as dogs and horses.To turn up the nose and inhale air, as in contempt or anger; sniff disdainfully or angrily.To smell; especially, to smell curiously or doubtfully.To take snuff into the nose. Compare to dip snuff, under dip, v. t.n. Inhalation by the nose; a sniff; also, a pinch of snuff.n. Smell; scent; odor.n. Offense; resentment; huff, expressed by a sniffing.n. A powdered preparation of tobacco taken into the nostrils by inhalation.n. In therapeutics, any powder with medicinal properties to be snuffed up into the nose.To crop the snuff of, as a candle; take off the end of the snuff from.n. The burning part of a candle- or lamp-wick, or the part which has been charred by the flame, whether burning or not.n. A candle almost burnt out, or one having a heavy snuff.n. In mining, same as smift.In currying, to smooth or put out with a sleeker. See to put out , under put, intransitive verb