Thesaurus: snub

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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. v. t. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check.
4. v. t. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly.
5. n. A knot; a protuberance; a song.
6. n. A check or rebuke; an intended slight.
7. adj. unusually short
8. n. an instance of driving away or warding off
9. n. a refusal to recognize someone you know
10. v. refuse to acknowledge
11. v. reject outright and bluntly
12. To sob with convulsions. [Obs.] Bailey. 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. To snub a cable or rope (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out. Totten. 1. A knot; a protuberance; a song. [Obs.] [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 (Naut.), a post on a dock or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel.