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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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