snub

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To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner
A deliberate affront or slight

I hope the people we couldn't invite don't see it as a snub.

A sudden checking of a cable or rope
Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces
To turn down; to dismiss

He snubbed my offer to help.

To stub out (a cigarette etc)
To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone

For a long time he lived in the toy cupboard or on the nursery floor, and no one thought very much about him. He was naturally shy, and being only made of velveteen, some of the more expensive toys quite snubbed him.

conspicuously short

a snub-nosed revolver.

{v} to check, reprimand, chide, nip, sob
Someone who has a snub nose has a short nose which points slightly upwards. to treat someone rudely, especially by ignoring them when you meet (snubba ). an act of snubbing someone
{i} act of treating with contempt; offense, affront; sudden stop
unusually short; "a snub nose"
reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"
To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check
a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional"
A check or rebuke; an intended slight
a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional" unusually short; "a snub nose
{s} short and upturned (of a nose)
To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly
an instance of driving away or warding off
refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
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
To sob with convulsions
unusually short; "a snub nose
A knot; a protuberance; a song
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
{f} treat contemptuously, humiliate, purposefully ignore; rebuke, reject; stop suddenly, bring to a sudden halt
To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop
snub cube
An Archimedean& of 38 faces, including six squares (no two of which share a vertex) and 32 equilateral&s
snub cubes
plural form of snub cube
snub-nose
Having a nose that is short and turned upward at the tip
snub-nosed
Having a nose that is short and turned upward at the tip
snub nose
a snub nose is short and flat and points slightly upwards
snub-nosed
Descriptive of (usually) a revolver with an unusually short barrel
snub-nosed
having a blunt nose; "a pug-nosed boy with freckles"; "a snub-nosed automatic"
snubber
A device used to suppress ("snub") voltage transients in electrical systems, pressure transients in fluid systems, or excess force or rapid movement in mechanical systems
snubber
One who snubs
snubbed
past of snub
snubber
{i} one who snubs, one who treats another contemptuously, one who purposefully ignores
snubbing
present participle of snub
snubs
plural of , snub
snubs
third-person singular of snub
snub
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