snub

Noun · Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: rebuffrepulsecutcold shoulderignoredisregardrepel

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. an instance of driving away or warding offSynonyms: rebuffrepulse
  2. a refusal to recognize someone you know“the snub was clearly intentional”Synonyms: cutcold shoulder

Verb (2)

  1. refuse to acknowledge“She cut him dead at the meeting”Synonyms: ignoredisregardcut
  2. reject outright and bluntly“She snubbed his proposal”Synonyms: rebuffrepel

Adjective (1)

  1. unusually short“a snub nose”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

2.To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster. [1913 Webster]

3.To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly. [1913 Webster]

To snub a cable or To snub a rope (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out. --Totten. [1913 Webster]

Snub \Snub\, n.

1.A knot; a protuberance; a song. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

[A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

2.A check or rebuke; an intended slight. --J. Foster. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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