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pinch of snuff

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inhale collapse: draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"; draw deep into the lungs in by breathing; "Clinton smoked marijuana but never inhaled"

snuff collapse: finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose; a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time; the charred portion of a candlewick; snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown; inhale audibly through the nose; "snuff coke"; sniff or smell inquiringly

aspirate collapse: a consonant pronounced with aspiration; suck in (air); pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds; remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound"

snuff out collapse: put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"; put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"

slurp collapse: eat noisily; "He slurped his soup"

hill of beans collapse

bagatelle collapse: a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over; something of little value or significance; a light piece of music for piano

bibelot collapse

begrudge collapse: wish ill or allow unwillingly

douse collapse: slacken; "douse a rope"; lower quickly; "douse a sail"; wet thoroughly; put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights"

stamp out collapse: end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"

scrimp collapse: subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"

drop in the bucket collapse

pinprick collapse: small puncture (as if made by a pin); a minor annoyance

pinch hit collapse

substitute for collapse

stand in for collapse

curio collapse: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

nab collapse: seize suddenly; tag the base runner to get him out

suckle collapse: suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"

act for collapse

suck in collapse: draw in as if by suction; "suck in your cheeks and stomach"

farthing collapse: a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny

tuppence collapse

molehill collapse: a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing

sou collapse: a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money; "he hasn't a sou to his name"

fig collapse: fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried; Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit

quench collapse: cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"; reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance; satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"; electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device

blow out collapse: melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"; erupt in an uncontrolled manner; "The oil well blew out"

dudgeon collapse: a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon')

trinket collapse

gewgaw collapse

bauble collapse: a mock scepter carried by a court jester

skimp collapse: work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

grudge collapse: a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score"; accept or admit unwillingly

chew collapse: biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow; a wad of something chewable as tobacco; chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"

red cent collapse

frippery collapse

kickshaw collapse

draw in collapse: pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"

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