[syn: rebuff, snub, repel]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. unusually short;
- Example: "a snub nose"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Snub \Snub\, v. i. [Cf. D. snuiven to snort, to pant, G.
schnauben, MHG. sn[=u]ben, Prov. G. schnupfen, to sob, and E.
snuff, v.t.]
To sob with convulsions. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Snub \Snub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snubbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snubbing.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba,
Icel. snubb[=o]ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.]
1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the
growth of; to nop.
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2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or
remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster.
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3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or
pretentious person; to slight designedly.
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To snub a cable or To snub a rope (Naut.), to check it
suddenly in running out. --Totten.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Snub \Snub\, n.
1. A knot; a protuberance; a song. [Obs.]
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[A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain.
--Spenser.
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2. A check or rebuke; an intended slight. --J. Foster.
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Snub nose, a short or flat nose.
Snub post, or Snubbing post (Naut.), a post on a dock or
shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion
of a vessel.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
snub
adj 1: unusually short; "a snub nose"
n 1: an instance of driving away or warding off [syn: rebuff,
snub, repulse]
2: a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was
clearly intentional" [syn: snub, cut, cold shoulder]
v 1: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
[syn: ignore, disregard, snub, cut]
2: reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" [syn:
rebuff, snub, repel]