Snub

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ÊŒb

Full definition of snub

Adjective

1. Conspicuously short.
   a snub-nosed revolver
• 1977, Agatha Christie, An Autobiography Chapter 2/2, If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.
2. (mathematics, of a polyhedron) Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces.

Derived terms

• retrosnub
• snub cube
• snub disphenoid
• snub dodecahedron
• snub polyhedron
• vertisnub

Noun

1. A deliberate affront or slight.I hope the people we couldn't invite don't see it as a snub.
2. A sudden checking of a cable or rope.
3. (obsolete) A knot; a protuberance; a snag.
• Spenserclub with ragged snubs and knotty grain.

Derived terms

• snubbing post
• snub line

Verb

1. (transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
• 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen RabbitFor a long time he lived in the toy cupboard or on the nursery floor, and no one thought very much about him. He was naturally shy, and being only made of velveteen, some of the more expensive toys quite snubbed him.
2. (transitive) To turn down; to dismiss.He snubbed my offer to help.
3. (transitive) To stub out (a cigarette etc).
4. (transitive) To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner.
5. (transitive) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of.

Synonyms

• (to slight or ignore) cut someone cold, cut someone dead

Compare Dutch snuiven ("to snort, to pant"), German schnauben, German dialect schnupfen ("to sob"), and English snuff (transitive verb).

Verb

1. To sob with convulsions.

Anagrams

• buns
• nubs