snub

[snuhb]

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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.

Origin of snub

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

Related formssnub·ber, nounsnub·bing·ly, adverbun·snubbed, adjective

Synonyms for snub

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1. slight. 2. stop, reprove, reprimand.

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Related Words for snubbing

ostracize, disregard, scold, boycott, ignore, scorn, shun, neglect, rebuff, humiliate, mortify, upstage, duck, cut, humble, slight, slur, scratch, disdain, ice

Examples from the Web for snubbing

Contemporary Examples of 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
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

Historical Examples of snubbing

It is you're the ruffian to him, snubbing him when he speaks good-naturedly to you.
The Macdermots of Ballycloran
Anthony Trollope
"I don't see that there was any call for snubbing," he retorted angrily.
Peak and Prairie
Anna Fuller
"I know just how Phil feels about papa's snubbing," she said to me.
We Ten
Lyda Farrington Kraus
She had a phrase for snubbing any anecdote that sounded improbable.
The Children
Alice Meynell
He never could resist the temptation of bantering and snubbing them.
Lord John Russell
Stuart J. Reid

British Dictionary definitions for snubbing

snub

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 Formssnubber, 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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Word Origin and History for snubbing

snub

mid-14c., "to check, reprove, rebuke," from Old Norse snubba "to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove." The ground sense is perhaps "to cut off," and the word probably is related to snip. Cf. Swedish snobba "lop off, snuff (a candle)," Old Norse snubbotr "snubbed, nipped, with the tip cut off." Meaning "treat coldly" appeared early 18c. Related: Snubbed; snubbing.

snub

adj.

"short and turned up," 1725, in snub-nosed, from snub (v.). The connecting notion is of being "cut short."

snub

"rebuke, intentional slight," 1530s, from snub (v.).