Snub

snub, s.aknot or protuberance linwood; a snag; a check or rebuke; a snub nose: v.a. to nip; to clip off; to check; to reprimand; to check, stop, or rebuke with a tart sarcastic remark or reply. To snub acable, to check it suddenly in running out. [Naut.] (Dan. to nip).