snubby

American  

[snuhb-ee] / ˈsnʌb i /

adjective

snubbier, snubbiest

1. somewhat snub, as the nose.

2. short and thick or wide; stubby; stumpy.

   snubby fingers.

3. tending to snub people.

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Other Word Forms

• snubbiness
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of snubby

First recorded in 1820–30; snub + -y ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

snubby snubbier

Hatchlings have big eyes, snubby little snouts and can fit in the palm of your hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022

The snubby nose of the broad-winged aircraft looked as if it had been flattened against the white cliffs of Dover.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the front door stands another Guardian, with one of those snubby machine guns slung over his shoulder.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

And in a little flat side draw, leadin’ from between two miserable little snubby hills off all alone, too low to send much flood water down—there I begun to find float, plumb promisin’.

From Stepsons of Light by Eugene Manlove Rhodes

The only other girl they knew was Judith Blount, who had been so snubby to Molly the day before about the luggage.

From Molly Brown's Freshman Days by Nell Speed

It's broader, and flatter, and snubbier than ever.

From Dawn by Henry Rider Haggard

But Goody, who had gathered many a pinecone for our feeding-boxes and, her snub nose pressed snubbier yet against the window pane, had watched the black-capped rolypolies twitch out the winged seeds, stood her ground.

From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Katharine Lee Bates

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