snub
adj.
short and upturned (of a nose)
v.
treat contemptuously, humiliate, purposefully ignore; rebuke, reject; stop suddenly, bring to a sudden halt
n.
act of treating with contempt; offense, affront; sudden stop
Snub
Snub has several meanings:
snub (geometry), including the
Snub cube (or snub cuboctahedron); an Archimedean solid.Unusually short, as in a snub nose, which
Socrates famously hadTo treat someone rudely or brusquely, to refuse to acknowledge someone you know
Snubber; a simple electrical circuit used to suppress ("snub") electrical transients.
SNUB (band), a British metal-core band
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snub
Noun
1. an instance of driving away or warding off
(synonym) rebuff, repulse
(hypernym) rejection
(derivation) rebuff, repel
2. a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional"
(synonym) cut, cold shoulder
(hypernym) rebuff, slight
(derivation) ignore, disregard, cut
Verb
1. refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
(synonym) ignore, disregard, cut
(hypernym) treat, handle, do by
(derivation) cut, cold shoulder
2. reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"
(synonym) rebuff, repel
(hypernym) reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
(derivation) rebuff, repulse
Adjective
1. unusually short; "a snub nose"
(similar) short
Snub
(v. t.)
To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly.
(v. t.)
To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
(v. t.)
To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check.
(v. i.)
To sob with convulsions.
(n.)
A knot; a protuberance; a song.
(n.)
A check or rebuke; an intended slight.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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