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verb (used with object)
1.
to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring.
2.
to check or reject with a sharp rebuke or remark.
3.
to check or stop suddenly (a rope or cable that is running out).
4.
5.
to pull up or stop abruptly in such a manner.
noun
6.
an act or instance of snubbing.
7.
an affront, slight, or rebuff.
8.
a sudden check given to a rope or cable running out, a moving boat, or the like.
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English snubben < Old Norse snubba to scold, reprimand; cognate with Middle Low German snūben
1300–50; Middle English snubben < Old Norse snubba to scold, reprimand; cognate with Middle Low German snūben
Related forms
snub·ber, noun
snub·bing·ly, adverb
un·snubbed, adjective
Synonyms
1. slight. 2. stop, reprove, reprimand.
1. slight. 2. stop, reprove, reprimand.
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snub (snʌb) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , snubs, snubbing, snubbed | |
| 1. | to insult (someone) deliberately |
| 2. | to stop or check the motion of (a boat, horse, etc) by taking turns of a rope or cable around a post or other fixed object |
| —n | |
| 3. | a deliberately insulting act or remark |
| 4. | nautical |
| a. an elastic shock absorber attached to a mooring line | |
| b. (as modifier): a snub rope | |
| —adj | |
| 5. | See also snub-nosed short and blunt |
| [C14: from Old Norse snubba to scold; related to Norwegian, Swedish dialect snubba to cut short, Danish snubbe] | |
| 'snubber | |
| —n | |
| 'snubby | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
snub
mid-14c., "to check, reprove, rebuke," from O.N. snubba "to curse, scold, reprove." Meaning "treat coldly" appeared early 18c. The adj. meaning "short and turned up" (of the nose) is first recorded 1724. The connecting notion is of being "cut short."
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Example sentences
The sisters were fair-skinned blondes with small oval faces, blue-gray eyes, and slightly snub noses.
Snub-nosed breeds don't fare well inflight, statistically.
Political observers immediately sought to find meaning behind what some suspected was an intentional snub.
Temperature restrictions are even stricter for snub-nosed animals.
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