"snuffer" meaning in All languages combined

See snuffer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: snuffers [plural]
Etymology: From snuff + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|snuff|er}} snuff + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} snuffer (plural snuffers)
  1. A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle. Categories (topical): Tools Synonyms (device to extinguish candle): candle snuffer
    Sense id: en-snuffer-en-noun-q5yzPbMg Disambiguation of Tools: 32 22 27 19 Disambiguation of 'device to extinguish candle': 95 2 2 2
  2. A person who uses snuff (the tobacco product). Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-snuffer-en-noun-y9MM5QVf Disambiguation of Tools: 32 22 27 19
  3. The common porpoise. Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-snuffer-en-noun-urUNn0O2 Disambiguation of Tools: 32 22 27 19
  4. The participant in a snuff film who kills another (the snuffee). Categories (topical): Tools Categories (lifeform): Cetaceans
    Sense id: en-snuffer-en-noun-8ShlTudU Disambiguation of Tools: 32 22 27 19 Disambiguation of Cetaceans: 10 12 9 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 15 9 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 17 15 25 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 9 7 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 6 78

Inflected forms

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