Found 5 hits - Term: snub, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
snub \snub\, v. i. cf. d. snuiven to snort, to pant, g.
schnauben, mhg. sn=uben, prov. g. schnupfen, to sob, and e.
snuff, v.t.
to sob with convulsions. obs. --bailey.
1913 webster
- [2] : 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=ottr 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
see also:
snubbed snubbing to snub a cable to snub a rope
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
see also:
snub nose snub post snubbing post
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
snub
adj : unusually short; "a snub nose"
n 1: an instance of driving away or warding off syn: rebuff, repulse
2: a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was
clearly intentional" syn: cut, cold shoulder
v 1: refuse to acknowledge; "she cut him dead at the meeting"
syn: ignore, disregard, cut
2: reject outright and bluntly; "she snubbed his proposal"
syn: rebuff, repel
also: snubbing, snubbed
see also:
rebuff repulse cut cold shoulder ignore disregard
repel snubbing snubbed
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
201 moby thesaurus words for "snub":
abbreviate, abbreviated, abridge, abridged, abstract, abstracted,
arrest, ban, banish, beat back, blackball, bob, bobbed, boil down,
bottle up, bridle, brush off, brush-off, capsule, capsulize,
capsulized, cast out, chase, chase away, chase off, check, clip,
clipped, cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, compress, compressed,
condense, condensed, constrain, contain, contract, control, cool,
cool off, countercheck, crop, cropped, curb, curtail, curtailed,
cut, cut back, cut direct, cut down, cut off short, cut short,
dam up, damp, dampen, decelerate, delay, deport, detain, digested,
disfellowship, dismiss, dismissal, disregard, dock, docked, dompt,
drive away, drive back, elide, elided, elliptic, enjoin, epitomize,
exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, extradite,
fend off, foreshorten, fugitate, govern, guard, high-hat, hinder,
hold, hold at bay, hold back, hold fast, hold in, hold in check,
hold in leash, hold off, hold up, humiliation, impede, inhibit,
intercept, interfere, intermeddle, interrupt, intervene, keep,
keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep off,
keep under control, lay under restraint, meddle, mow, mowed, mown,
nip, nipped, not receive, oppose, ostracize, outlaw, pack off,
poll, pollard, polled, prohibit, proscribe, prune, pruned, pull,
pull in, push back, put back, put down, reap, reaped, rebuff,
recap, recapitulate, reduce, refusal, refuse, refuse to receive,
rein, rein in, relegate, repel, repress, repulse, resist, restrain,
retard, retrench, rusticate, scotch, send away, send down,
send off, send packing, send to coventry, set back, shave, shaved,
shear, sheared, short-cut, shorten, shortened, slacken, slight,
slow down, sneer, sniff, snob, snort, snubbed, spurn, spurning,
straiten, stunt, sum up, summarize, suppress, swank, synopsize,
take in, telescope, the cold shoulder, the go-by, thrust back,
thrust out, transport, trim, trimmed, truncate, turn away from,
turn back, upstage, ward off, withhold
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http://www.snub.co.uk/, score=100, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 12:11 am Snub Communications - web design and copywriting - Hampshire - London
...Snub Communications provided the new visual design and underlying ... Snub Communications provides quality design and copywriting services ... ..
http://www.snubcommunications.com/, score=97, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 10:50 pm BBC NEWS | Technology | Consumers 'snub portable video'
...Consumers 'snub portable video'. Consumers face a varied choice of ... ..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3971715.stm, score=53, date indexed=January 28, 2006, 4:33 am Animal Info - Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey
...Other Names: Dollman's Snub-nosed Monkey or Langur, Tonkin Snub-nosed ... The decline of the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey is due mainly to habitat ... ..
http://www.animalinfo.org/species/primate/pygaavun.htm, score=51, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 9:52 am Apple snub stings Mozilla | CNET News.com
...Apple snub stings Mozilla. By Paul Festa Staff Writer, CNET News.com. ... snub stings Mozilla | As Apple computer chooses open-source competitor ... ..
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-980492.html, score=47, date indexed=February 1, 2006, 7:45 pm Animal Info - Guizhou Snub-nosed Monkey
...The three Chinese snub-nosed monkeys (Guizhou snub-nosed monkey, ... Snow Monkey; Snub-nosed Monkey; White-shoulder-haired Snub-nosed ... ..
http://www.animalinfo.org/species/primate/pygabrel.htm, score=40, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 11:09 am Animal Info - Pig-tailed Snub-nosed Monkey
...... Pig-tailed Snub-nosed Monkey #1 (26 Kb JPEG); Pig-tailed Snub-nosed ... In 1974 the pig-tailed snub-nosed monkey was considered one of the 25 ... ..
http://www.animalinfo.org/species/primate/nasaconc.htm, score=36, date indexed=January 3, 2006, 8:10 pm BBC NEWS | Technology | Consumers 'snub portable video'
...Consumers 'snub portable video'. Consumers face a varied choice of ... ..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3971715.stm, score=34, date indexed=December 31, 2005, 10:22 pm Brelich's Snub-nosed Langur (Pygathrix brelichi)
...Preliminary Results from a Field Study of Wild Guizhou Snub-nosed ... Brelich's snub-nosed langur is found in the country of China. This ... ..
http://members.tripod.com/uakari/pygathrix_brelichi.html, score=34, date indexed=January 23, 2006, 1:57 pm Page 1 2 Next Last accessed:2008/10/10 19:19:57 [Total processing time: 1 seconds] |