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- [1] : 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
- [2] : 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
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
snubbing
see snub
see also:
snub
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