Snub (?), v. i. [Cf. D. snuiven to snort, to pant, G. schnauben, MHG. sn&umac;ben, Prov. G. schnupfen, to sob, and E. snuff, v.t.]
To sob with convulsions.
[Obs.]
Bailey.
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Snub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snubbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snubbing.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba, Icel. snubb&omac;ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.]
1.
To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
2.
To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check.
J. Foster.
3.
To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly.
To snub a cable ∨ rope Naut., to check it suddenly in running out.
Totten.
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Snub, n.
1.
A knot; a protuberance; a song.
[Obs.]
[A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain.
Spenser.
2.
A check or rebuke; an intended slight.
J. Foster.
Snub nose, a short or flat nose. -- Snub post, ∨ Snubbing post Naut., a post on a dock or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel.
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