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  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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