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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
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