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 (def. 1).

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 for snub

1	slight
2	stop, reprove, reprimand

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Other words from snub

snub·ber, noun
snub·bing·ly, adverb

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How to use snub in a sentence

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 | THE 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 | THE DAILY BEAST
He stood aloof from Balliol, and, in spite of marked snubbing, steadily adhered to Edward.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
"I know just how Phil feels about papa's snubbing," she said to me.
We Ten | Lyda Farrington Kraus
"I daren't, after the snubbing I got yesterday," said Winnie.
The Nicest Girl in the School | Angela Brazil

I required a good deal of snubbing, but when properly kept down I believe I was not a disagreeable girl.
The Late Miss Hollingford | Rosa Mulholland
No; but you see snubbing is wholesome diet, if it is taken with a few grains of resolution, and he has come to that now!
Magnum Bonum | Charlotte M. Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for snub

snub

/ (snʌb) /

verbsnubs, 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 blunt: See also snub-nosed

Origin of snub

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

Derived forms of snub

snubber, noun
snubby, adjective

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