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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SNUB, n. A knot or protuberance in wood; a snag. [Not in use.]
SNUB, v.t. [supra.]
1. To nip; to clip or break off the end. Hence,
2. To check; to reprimand; to check, stop or rebuke with a tart sarcastic reply or remark. [This is the same word radically as sneap, sneb, and is the word chiefly used.]
SNUB'-NOSE, n. A short or flat nose.
SNUB'-NOSED, a. Having a short flat nose.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: unusually short; "a snub nose" n
1: an instance of driving away or warding off [syn: rebuff, snub, repulse]
2: a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional" [syn: snub, cut, cold shoulder] v
1: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" [syn: ignore, disregard, snub, cut]
2: reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" [syn: rebuff, snub, repel]

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb (snubbed; snubbing) Etymology: Middle English snibben, snubben, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse snubba to scold, Swedish dialect snubba to reproach, cut off Date: 13th century 1. to check or stop with a cutting retort ; rebuke 2. a. to check (as a line) suddenly while running out especially by turning around a fixed object (as a post or a cleat); also to check the motion of by snubbing a line <snub the anchor> b. to restrain the action of ; suppress <snub a vibration> 3. to treat with contempt or neglect <snub an old acquaintance> 4. to extinguish by stubbing <snub out a cigarette> II. noun Date: 14th century an act or an instance of snubbing; especially slight III. adjective Date: 1724 1. (or snubbed) blunt, stubby <a snub nose> 2. used in snubbing <snub line> • snubness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v., n., & adj. --v.tr. (snubbed, snubbing) 1 rebuff or humiliate with sharp words or a marked lack of cordiality. 2 check the movement of (a boat, horse, etc.) esp. by a rope wound round a post etc. --n. an act of snubbing; a rebuff. --adj. short and blunt in shape. Phrases and idioms: snub nose a short turned-up nose. snub-nosed having a snub nose. Derivatives: snubber n. snubbingly adv. Etymology: ME f. ON snubba chide, check the growth of

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster. 3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly. To snub a cable or rope (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out. --Totten.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Snub Snub, n. 1. A knot; a protuberance; a song. [Obs.] [A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain. --Spenser. 2. A check or rebuke; an intended slight. --J. Foster. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(snubs, snubbing, snubbed) 1. If you snub someone, you deliberately insult them by ignoring them or by behaving or speaking rudely towards them. He snubbed her in public and made her feel an idiot... VERB: V n 2. If you snub someone, your behaviour or your remarks can be referred to as a snub. The German move was widely seen as a deliberate snub to Mr Cook. N-COUNT 3. Someone who has a snub nose has a short nose which points slightly upwards. ADJ: ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Nip, clip, dock, prune, cut short, cut down, check, stunt. 2. Check (with a tart remark), stop, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, chide. 3. Abash (as a pretentious person), slight, humble, humiliate, shame, mortify, confound, disconcert, discomfit, put down, take down, make ashamed, take down a peg, teach one one's distance. II. n. 1. Knot, protuberance, snag, jag, nub. 2. Check, rebuke, slight. 3. Snub-nose.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To check, or rebuke.

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