snub
to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring.
to check or reject with a sharp rebuke or remark.
to check or stop suddenly (a rope or cable that is running out).
to check (a boat, an unbroken horse, etc.) by means of a rope or line made fast to a fixed object.
to pull up or stop abruptly in such a manner.
an act or instance of snubbing.
an affront, slight, or rebuff.
a sudden check given to a rope or cable running out, a moving boat, or the like.
(of the nose) short and turned up at the tip.
Origin of snub
1Other words for snub
Other words from snub
- snub·ber, noun
- snub·bing·ly, adverb
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How to use snub in a sentence
By the use of the incline with the donkey engine snubber, very heavy grades can be taken.
Motor Truck Logging Methods | Frederick Malcolm KnappCadwallader Hunter could swallow a snub with a smile, but never would he forgive the snubber.
Lord Loveland Discovers America | C. N. WilliamsonThe engine stopped, then reversed, and the yacht drifted gently until it contacted the wharfs snubber-pilings.
Creatures of the Abyss | Murray Leinster
British Dictionary definitions for snub
/ (snʌb) /
to insult (someone) deliberately
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
a deliberately insulting act or remark
nautical
an elastic shock absorber attached to a mooring line
(as modifier): a snub rope
short and blunt: See also snub-nosed
Origin of snub
1Derived forms of snub
- snubber, noun
- snubby, adjective
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