Category:Snub

Snub, v. i. Etym: [cf. D. snuiven to snort, to pant, g. schnauben, Mhg. snuben, prov. G. schnupfen, to sob, and e. snuff, v.t.]

Defn: to sob with convulsions. [obs.] Bailey.

Snub Snub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Snubbing.] Etym: [cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, sw. snubba, icel. snubbottr Snubbed, nipped, and e. snib.]

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.

Snub Snub, n.

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.