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šnupání

English translation: snuff, sniff, take a snuff, (to do a line)

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Czech term or phrase:šnupání
English translation:snuff, sniff, take a snuff, (to do a line)
Entered by: Pavel STORKAN

12:24 Jan 6, 2002
Czech to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical
Czech term or phrase: šnupání
Drogy použití
Kanibalka
snuff, sniff, take a snuff, (to do a line)
Explanation:
It the same like with tobacco - just "take a snuff" - "s^nupni si". or in case of cocaine - also "to do a line" (idiomatic)
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Pavel STORKAN
Local time: 03:16
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2snuff, sniff, take a snuff, (to do a line)
Pavel STORKAN
5'snuffing' (solids, e.g. powders) or 'huffing' (gases, e.g. aerosols, glue fumes)
Zenny Sadlon
4"to snort", "to have a line", "to do lines", "substance abuse"
Lenka SRBOVA


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
snuff, sniff, take a snuff, (to do a line)


Explanation:
It the same like with tobacco - just "take a snuff" - "s^nupni si". or in case of cocaine - also "to do a line" (idiomatic)

Pavel STORKAN
Local time: 03:16
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
PRO pts in pair: 55
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agree  Anna Bittner
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
'snuffing' (solids, e.g. powders) or 'huffing' (gases, e.g. aerosols, glue fumes)


Explanation:
if by 'drogy použití' you mean 'použití drogy', i.e. the process of inserting a drug into the body through the nose and/or the mouth, then:

snuffing = drawing forcibly through nostrils
huffing = emitting puffs, e.g. of breath (used as a slang term for inhaling gases)

Zenny Sadlon
Local time: 20:16
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
PRO pts in pair: 251
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10 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"to snort", "to have a line", "to do lines", "substance abuse"


Explanation:
Examples:
"I've snorted two grams all by myself last night"
"Let's have a line or two to get ourselves going"
"She's been doing coke at the party all night long and she went mad!"
"I will abuse some substances on the weekend"

Lenka SRBOVA
Czech Republic
Local time: 03:16
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