Snub Definition

snŭb
snubbed, snubbing, snubs
verb
snubbed, snubbing, snubs
To check or interrupt with sharp or slighting words.
Webster's New World
To treat with scorn, contempt, disdain, etc.; behave coldly toward; slight or ignore.
Webster's New World
To dismiss, turn down, or frustrate the expectations of.
American Heritage
To check suddenly the outward movement of (a rope, cable, etc.) by turning it around a fixed object, as a post.
Webster's New World
To make (a horse, boat, etc.) held fast by such an action.
Webster's New World
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noun
snubs
Scornful, slighting action or treatment; affront.
Webster's New World
A snubbing, or checking.
Webster's New World
A sudden checking, as of a rope or cable running out.
American Heritage
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adjective
Short and turned up; pug.
Webster's New World

Conspicuously short.

A snub-nosed revolver.
Wiktionary

(mathematics, of a polyhedron) Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Snub

Noun

Singular:
snub
Plural:
snubs

Origin of Snub

  • Compare Dutch snuiven (“to snort, to pant"), German schnauben, German dialect schnupfen (“to sob"), and English snuff (transitive verb).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English snubben to rebuke Old Norse snubba

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Snub Sentence Examples

  • I was a little puzzled to start with, then I felt deeply hurt by the obvious snub.

  • Even the once acerbic press deplored the ' FA's final snub ' .

  • The university was not likely to take a snub like that lying down.

  • This would be a huge snub, a huge insult to the host, at any time, and in any culture.

  • They see it as a real snub to be overlooked for the category.

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Words Starting With

SSNSNU

Words Ending With

BUBNUB

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Words Starting With S and Ending With B

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With S4 Letter Words Ending With B