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snubs

[snuhb] Origin

snub

[snuhb] verb, snubbed, snub·bing, noun, adjective
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.
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.

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adjective
9.
(of the nose) short and turned up at the tip.
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English snubben < Old Norse snubba to scold, reprimand; cognate with Middle Low German snūben

snub·ber, noun
snub·bing·ly, adverb
un·snubbed, adjective


1. slight. 2. stop, reprove, reprimand.

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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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