Snub
Snub , intransitive verb
[Compare Dutch snuiven to snort, to pant, German schnauben, Middle High German snūben, Prov. German schnupfen, to sob, and English snuff, transitive verb]
To sob with convulsions. [Obsolete] — Bailey
Snub , transitive verb
[Compare Icelandic ssnubba to snub, chide, Swedish snubba, Icelandic snubbōttr snubbed, nipped, and English 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.
Collocations (1)
To snub a cable or To snub a rope (Nautical) , to check it suddenly in running out. — Totten
Snub , noun
1.
A knot; a protuberance; a song. [Obsolete]
[A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain.
2.
A check or rebuke; an intended slight.
Collocations (2)
Snub nose , a short or flat nose.
Snub post or Snubbing post (Nautical) , a post on a dock or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel.