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| snub [ snub ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle snubbed, present participle snub·bing, 3rd person present singular snubs) |
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1. treat somebody rudely: to treat somebody with deliberate coldness or contempt
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2. bring something to stop: to stop a line from paying out or something attached to a line from getting away by wrapping the line around something
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3. U.S. stub something out: to extinguish something by stubbing it out
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noun (plural snubs) |
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humiliating action: a remark or act intended to humiliate or insult somebody
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adjective |
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small: short and flat or turned up at the end
  a snub nose
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| [14th century. < Old Norse snubba] |
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| snub·ber noun |
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