snub

[ snuhb ]

/ snʌb /

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verb (used with object), snubbed, snub·bing.

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.

noun

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.

adjective

(of the nose) short and turned up at the tip.

blunt.

Words nearby snub

snp, snr, snri, sns, snu, snub, snub-nosed, snubby, snubfin dolphin, snuck, snuff

Origin of snub

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

SYNONYMS FOR snub

1 slight.

2 stop, reprove, reprimand.

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OTHER WORDS FROM snub

snub·ber, nounsnub·bing·ly, adverbun·snubbed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for snubbing

Gingrich is still licking his wounds from his collapse in Florida and his snubbing by Donald Trump.
Three Middle-America Primaries Could Force Out One of Mitt Romney’s Rivals|Ben Jacobs|February 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
By snubbing the movie, Silicon Valley, as it loves to do, is, in effect, snubbing Hollywood.
Silicon Valley Snubs Social Network|Nicole LaPorte|October 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It was something to get rid of the drudgery of toil, and escape the snubbing and rebuffs of her present vocation.
Secret Service or Recollections of a City Detective|Andrew Forrester
And truly she might well be angry at any one snubbing those young ones of hers.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878|Various

I snubbed him unmercifully, but he was one of those self-satisfied, self-assured creatures incapable of taking a snubbing.
A Book of Ghosts|Sabine Baring-Gould
I will; one can't blame you for seeking the society of your equals, after the snubbing you must get from your betters up there.
The Diamond Coterie|Lawrence L. Lynch
If a girl is an angel to all the world beside, she can't resist the temptation of snubbing him like a devil.
The Knickerbocker, Vol. 57, No. 1, January 1861|Various

British Dictionary definitions for snubbing

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

an elastic shock absorber attached to a mooring line
(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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snub

verb (used with object), snubbed, snub·bing.

noun

adjective

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verb snubs, snubbing or snubbed (tr)

noun

adjective

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