Snuffer

Definition: Snuffer

Snuffer

Noun

1. A cone-shaped implement with a handle; for extinguishing candles.

2. A person who takes snuff.

Synonym: Snuffer

Synonym: snuff user (n). (additional references)

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Image Slideshow: Snuffer

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Photo Album: Snuffer

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	Snuffer. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: Snuffer

"Snuffer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Snuffer" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	4	175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Snuffer

The following table summarizes the usage of "snuffer" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Snuffer	Last name	130	67,728
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Snuffer

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "snuffer": snuffer-stand.
	Ending with "snuffer": candle-snuffer.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Snuffer

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
candle snuffer	28
snuffer	17
cigarette snuffer	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Snuffer

Language		Translations for "snuffer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		lyseslukker. (various references)

Dutch		smoorklok. (various references)

Farsi		معتادبه انفیه , کسیکه چراغی راروشن یاخاموش کند, سوراخ بینی (Nostril). (various references)

Finnish		sammutussuppilo. (various references)

French		cloche d'extinction, chaussette � spinnaker, éteignoir. (various references)

German		Rauchspürgerät, kerzenlöscher. (various references)

Greek		σβήνων (quencher). (various references)

Italian		guaina dello spinnaker (dowser, sally, sock, spinnaker sleeve, squeezer, strangler). (various references)

Korean		심지를 자르�" 사람 (snuffers). (various references)

Manx		stronnan (sniveller, snorter, snuffler), smaleyder. (various references)

Pig Latin		uffersnay

Portuguese		extintor (extinguisher), campânula de extinção. (various references)

Spanish		campana matafuego. (various references)

Swedish		ljussläckare (California poppy). (various references)

Thai		คนสู�"ยานัตถุ์. (various references)

Vietnamese		người nghiện thuốc hít. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Snuffer

Derivations
	Words beginning with "snuffer": snuffers. (additional references)
	Words ending with "snuffer": candlesnuffer. (additional references)
	Words containing "snuffer": candlesnuffers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Snuffer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Seneferu, Senufo, Seufert, sniffer, snufler. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Snuffer"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "snuffer" (pronounced snu"fer)
3	-u" f er	buffer, duffer, puffer, rougher, stuffer, suffer, tougher.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Snuffer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-f-f-n-r-s-u"
	-1 letter: ruffes, suffer.
	-2 letters: ferns, nurse, ruffe, ruffs, runes, snuff.
	-3 letters: effs, erns, fens, fern, feus, funs, furs, fuse, refs, rues, ruff, rune, runs, ruse, serf, suer, sure, surf, urns, user.
	-4 letters: eff, efs, ens, ern, ers, fen, fer, feu, fun, fur, nus, ref, res, rue, run, sen, ser, sue, sun, uns, urn, use.
	-5 letters: ef.
	Words containing the letters "e-f-f-n-r-s-u"
	+1 letter: snuffers, snuffier, snuffler.
	+2 letters: gruffness, snufflers, snufflier, suffering.
	+3 letters: greenstuff, restuffing, sufferance, sufferings.
	+4 letters: fearfulness, fretfulness, greenstuffs, gruffnesses, reshuffling, scruffiness, sufferances.
	+5 letters: buffooneries, faultfinders, forcefulness, frankfurters, fruitfulness, insufferable, insufferably, interdiffuse, overstuffing, undersheriff, understaffed.
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