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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.
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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.

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.

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.
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Language Translation for : snub
Spanish: ofender,
German: eine Abfuhr erteilen,
Japanese: つれなくする
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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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