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snuffing

snuffing

English

Verb

snuffing

present participle of snuff

Noun

snuffing ‎(plural snuffings)

The act by which a candle, etc. is snuffed out.
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.