Join free

snuffer

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

snuffer¹

Where it comes from

From snuff + -er.

noun snuffers

  1. A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle. If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup.

    Similar: candle snuffer

  2. A person who uses snuff (the tobacco product).
  3. The common porpoise.
  4. The participant in a snuff film who kills another (the snuffee).

Snuffer²

Where it comes from

Americanized spelling of German Schnaufer.

proper noun Snuffers

  1. A surname from German.

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"snuffer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/snuffer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

snuffer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/snuffer

Chicago

"snuffer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/snuffer.

BibTeX
@misc{snuffer_2026,
  title = {snuffer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/snuffer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}