Snub

snub, v.t. to check, to reprimand: to slight intentionally, to rebuff by a cutting remark or retort:— pr.p. snub′bing; pa.t. and pa.p. snubbed.— n. an act of snubbing, any deliberate slight.— adjs. Snub , flat and broad, with the end slightly turned up; Snub′bish , inclined to snub or check; Snub′by , somewhat snub.— n. Snub′-nose , a short or flat nose.— adj. Snub′-nosed .— ns. Snub′- , Snub′bing-post , a post round which a rope is wound to check the motion of a horse or boat.— Snub a cable , to check it suddenly in running out. [Scand., Dan. snib be , to reprove, Sw. snubba .]