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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024snub /snʌb/USA pronunciation v., snubbed, snub•bing, n., adj. v. [~ + object] - to treat with scorn, esp. by ignoring:He waved at her but she snubbed him and drove on by.
n. [countable] - an act or instance of snubbing.
adj. [before a noun] - (of the nose) short and turned up at the tip.
- blunt.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024snub (snub),USA pronunciation v., snubbed, snub•bing, n., adj. v.t. - to treat with disdain or contempt, esp. by ignoring.
- to check or reject with a sharp rebuke or remark.
- to check or stop suddenly (a rope or cable that is running out).
- to check (a boat, an unbroken horse, etc.) by means of a rope or line made fast to a fixed object.
- to pull up or stop abruptly in such a manner.
n. - an act or instance of snubbing.
- an affront, slight, or rebuff.
- a sudden check given to a rope or cable running out, a moving boat, or the like.
adj. - (of the nose) short and turned up at the tip.
- blunt.
- Old Norse snubba to scold, reprimand; cognate with Middle Low German snūben
- Middle English snubben 1300–50
snub′ber, n snub′bing•ly, adv. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged slight.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stop, reprove, reprimand.
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