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snub

  [snuhb] verb, snubbed, snub⋅bing, noun, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. to treat with disdain or contempt, esp. 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. to check (a boat, an unbroken horse, etc.) by means of a rope or line made fast to a fixed object.
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.
–adjective
9. (of the nose) short and turned up at the tip.
10. blunt.
Origin:
1300–50; ME snubben < ON snubba to scold, reprimand; c. MLG snūben

Related forms:
snubber, noun
snub⋅bing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. slight. 2. stop, reprove, reprimand.
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snub   (snŭb)   
tr.v.   snubbed, snub·bing, snubs

  1. To ignore or behave coldly toward; slight.

  2. To dismiss, turn down, or frustrate the expectations of.

  3. Nautical

    1. To check the movement of (a rope or cable running out) by turning it quickly about a post or cleat.

    2. To secure (a vessel, for example) in this manner.

  4. To stub out (a cigarette, for example).

n.  

  1. A deliberate slight or affront.

  2. Nautical A sudden checking, as of a rope or cable running out.

adj.  Unusually short: a snub nose.

[Middle English snubben, to rebuke; akin to Old Norse snubba.]
snub'ber n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

snub  (v.)
c.1340, "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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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