Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Snub"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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 [syn: {rebuff}, {brush off}, {repel}]
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