snub

[ snuhb ]

/ snʌb /

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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.

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1300–50; Middle English snubben<Old Norse snubba to scold, reprimand; cognate with Middle Low German snūben

snubber, nounsnub·bing·ly, adverbun·snubbed, adjective

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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

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