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snub |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Snub \Snub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snubbed}; p. pr & vb n. {Snubbing}.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw snubba Icel. snubb[=o]ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.] 1. To clip or break off the end of to check or stunt the growth of to nop. 2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster. 3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly. {To snub a cable} or {rope} (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out --Totten. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Snub \Snub\, n. 1. A knot; a protuberance; a song. [Obs.] [A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain. --Spenser. 2. A check or rebuke; an intended slight. --J. Foster. {Snub nose}, a short or flat nose. {Snub post}, or {Snubbing post} (Naut.), a post on a dock or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Snub \Snub\, v. i. [Cf. D. snuiven to snort, to pant, G. schnauben MHG. sn[=u]ben, Prov. G. schnupfen to sob, and E. snuff, v.t.] To sob with convulsions. [Obs.] --Bailey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: snub adj : unusually short; "a snub nose" n 1: an instance of driving away or warding off [syn: {rebuff}, {repulse}] 2: a refusal to recognize someone you know "the snub was clearly intentional" [syn: {cut}, {cold shoulder}] v 1: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" [syn: {ignore}, {disregard}, {cut}] 2: reject outright and bluntly [syn: {rebuff}, {brush off}, {repel}]
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