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Snub Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Snub? [n] a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional" [n] an instance of driving away or warding off [adj] unusually short; "a snub nose" [v] reject outright and bluntly [v] refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Snub: brush off \| cold shoulder \| cut \| cut \| disregard \| ignore \| rebuff \| rebuff \| repel \| repulse \| short Related Terms \| Find terms related to Snub: See Also \| disdain \| do by \| freeze off \| handle \| pooh-pooh \| rebuff \| reject \| rejection \| scorn \| slight \| spurn \| treat \| turn down Snub In Webster's Dictionary \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\, 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\, 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.

Snub Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Snub?

[n] a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional"
[n] an instance of driving away or warding off
[adj] unusually short; "a snub nose"
[v] reject outright and bluntly
[v] refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"

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Snub In Webster's Dictionary

\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\, 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\, 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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