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snub

[ snuhb ]
/ snʌb /
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verb (used with object), snubbed, snub·bing.
noun
adjective
(of the nose) short and turned up at the tip.
blunt (def. 1).
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Origin of snub

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English snubben, from Old Norse snubba “to scold, reprimand”; cognate with Middle Low German snūben

OTHER WORDS FROM snub

snub·ber, nounsnub·bing·ly, adverb
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Words related to snub

boycott, disregard, humiliate, ignore, neglect, ostracize, pass up, rebuff, scold, scorn, shun, affront, insult, rejection, slight, burr, censure, chill, cool, cut

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 Knapp

  • Cadwallader Hunter could swallow a snub with a smile, but never would he forgive the snubber.

    Lord Loveland Discovers America|C. N. Williamson

  • The 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

snub
/ (snʌb) /
verb snubs, snubbing or snubbed (tr)
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
noun
a deliberately insulting act or remark
nautical
  1. an elastic shock absorber attached to a mooring line
  2. (as modifier)a snub rope
adjective
short and bluntSee also snub-nosed

Derived forms of snub

snubber, nounsnubby, adjective

Word Origin for snub

C14: from Old Norse snubba to scold; related to Norwegian, Swedish dialect snubba to cut short, Danish snubbe
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