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Definition of Snub
1. Adjective. Unusually short. "A snub nose"
2. Verb. Refuse to acknowledge. "She cut him dead at the meeting"
3. Noun. An instance of driving away or warding off.
Generic synonyms: Rejection
Derivative terms: Rebuff, Repulse, Repulse
4. Verb. Reject outright and bluntly. "She snubbed his proposal"
Generic synonyms: Disdain, Freeze Off, Pooh-pooh, Reject, Scorn, Spurn, Turn Down
Derivative terms: Rebuff
5. Noun. A refusal to recognize someone you know. "The snub was clearly intentional"
Definition of Snub
1. v. i. To sob with convulsions.
2. v. t. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
3. n. A knot; a protuberance; a song.
Definition of Snub
1. Adjective. conspicuously short ¹
2. Adjective. (mathematics of a polyhedron) Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces ¹
3. Noun. A deliberate affront or slight. ¹
4. Noun. A sudden checking of a cable or rope. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To turn down; to dismiss. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To stub out (a cigarette etc). ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snub
1. to treat with contempt or neglect [v SNUBBED, SNUBBING, SNUBS]
Medical Definition of Snub
1. 1. A knot; a protuberance; a song. "[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, a post on a dock or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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