snuffing

English

Verb

snuffing

  1. present participle of snuff

Noun

snuffing (plural snuffings)

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