Sekirov Dictionary

snub

/snʌb/

verb 7
adjective 3
noun 3
forms 6

verb7

•
To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
- For near three mortal months have you trifled with my feelings, eluded me, and snubbed me; and I won’t stand it! — 1891
•
To turn down insultingly; to dismiss.
- He snubbed my offer of help.
To check; to reprimand.
To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner.
To stub out (a cigarette etc).
To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of.
•
To sob with convulsions.
- He striveth, strugleth, roareth, sobbeth, snubbeth, and ready he is to burst for anger. — 1621

adjective3

•
Conspicuously short.
- a snub-nosed revolver
•
Flat and broad, with the end slightly turned up.
- If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon. — 1977
Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces.

noun3

•
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.
•
(no longer used) A knot; a protuberance; a snag.
- [A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain. — 1590

forms

snubbed · snubbing · snubs · more snub · most snub · snubbest

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