Snuff

  • 111snuff film — n. a film that records an actual death or killing. □ Who would watch a snuff film anyway? □ Some of these snuff films have a loyal following of real sickies …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 112snuff film — 1. Slang. a pornographic film that shows an actual murder of one of the performers, as at the end of a sadistic act. 2. See splatter film. Also called snuff movie. [1970 75] * * * …

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  • 113snuff film — noun A film that shows, or purports to show, the actual deliberate killing of one of the performers. Syn: snuff movie …

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  • 114snuff-dish — noun a) A dish for a snuffer (a candle snuffer). b) A dish for the snuff of the lamps of the Tabernacle …

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  • 115snuff out — phr verb Snuff out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑candle, ↑flame …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 116snuff out — Synonyms and related words: blow out, cash in, check out, choke, conk, croak, damp, die, douse, drop, extinguish, kick in, kick off, out, pass out, pop off, put down, put out, quash, quell, quench, silence, slack, smother, snuff, squash, squelch …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 117snuff (out) —    to kill    Like extinguishing a candle:     You mean you make sure he doesn t go off like a mad dog, snuffing people left and right, (van Lustbaden, 1983)     I d have snuffed out every life in India. (Fraser, 1975)    To snuff it is to die:… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 118snuff out — abruptly put an end to. → snuff …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 119snuff movie — Noun. A violent movie showing real murders or torture. Snuff meaning to murder or a murder …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 120snuff movie — /ˈsnʌf muvi/ (say snuf moohvee) noun a pornographic film in which people are murdered, not as an illusion but in reality, as part of the movie. Also, snuff film. {from snuff2} …