snuff
2
8.6
- noun
- /snʌf/
- Archaic
:
olfateo
- He paused to appreciate the snuff of pine trees as he hiked through the forest.
Examples
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So everything is up to snuff.
Fiction book (1991) -
And although she loved me back, she married me... somehow I always knew I was... never quite up to snuff.
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- Yeah, we just came by to say hi, make sure that everything's up to snuff.
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That means that if you don't like it, or you think it's not up to snuff, you can send it back for a refund.
Academic text (1997) -
Apple admits Maps are not up to snuff, suggests Google Maps (and others) for now.
Blog text (27) -
If members' communication never converges, the manager can consider that an early warning sign that a team isn't performing up to snuff.
Academic text (2005) -
I want to spend time studying orchestration, but my piano and sight-reading skills are not up to snuff.
Blog text (15) -
He tried remembering his last column, the one on the new nationalism, and tried to measure if it was up to snuff.
Fiction book (1995) -
She took a deep breath, savoring the snuff of fresh flowers in the garden.
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The distinctive snuff of the nearby bakery made her hungry every morning.
Synonyms
84
1.1
A quick breath in through the nose to check a smell
33
1.0
The act of noticing a scent with your nose
1
8.4
The sense that lets you smell and tell smells apart
A short breath you take to smell something
The ability to notice and recognize smells with your nose
A feeling you have when you smell something
Compounds
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Etymology
The noun snuff meaning a quick smell comes from the same root as sniff and simply means a small, quick 'breathe in' through the nose to check a scent.