SNUBBED

SNUB

rebuff, snub, repel

(verb) reject outright and bluntly; “She snubbed his proposal”

ignore, disregard, snub, cut

(verb) refuse to acknowledge; “She cut him dead at the meeting”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

snubbed

simple past tense and past participle of snub

Source: Wiktionary


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.]

Definition: To sob with convulsions. [Obs.] Bailey.

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, 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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