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snub

(snŭb)

tr.v. snubbed, snub·bing, snubs

1. To ignore or behave coldly toward; slight.

2. To dismiss, turn down, or frustrate the expectations of.

3. Nautical

a. To check the movement of (a rope or cable running out) by turning it quickly about a post or cleat.

b. To secure (a vessel, for example) in this manner.

4. To stub out (a cigarette, for example).

1. A deliberate slight or affront.

2. Nautical A sudden checking, as of a rope or cable running out.

adj.

Unusually short: a snub nose.

[Middle English snubben, to rebuke; akin to Old Norse snubba.]

snub′ber n.

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snub

(snʌb)

vb (tr) , snubs, snubbing or snubbed

1. to insult (someone) deliberately

2. (Nautical Terms) to stop or check the motion of (a boat, horse, etc) by taking turns of a rope or cable around a post or other fixed object

3. a deliberately insulting act or remark

4. (Nautical Terms) nautical

a. an elastic shock absorber attached to a mooring line

b. (as modifier): a snub rope.

adj

short and blunt. See also snub-nosed

[C14: from Old Norse snubba to scold; related to Norwegian, Swedish dialect snubba to cut short, Danish snubbe]

ˈsnubber n

ˈsnubby adj

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snub

(snʌb)

v. snubbed, snub•bing,
n., adj. v.t.

1. to treat with disdain or contempt, esp. by ignoring.

2. to check or reject with a sharp rebuke or cutting remark.

3. to check or stop suddenly (a rope or cable that is running out).

4. to check (a boat, an unbroken horse, etc.) by means of a rope or line made fast to a fixed object.

5. an act or instance of snubbing.

6. an affront, slight, or rebuff.

adj.

7. (of the nose) short and turned up at the tip.

8. blunt.

[1300–50; Middle English snubben < Old Norse snubba to scold, reprimand, c. Middle Low German snūben]

snub′ber, n.

snub′bing•ly, adv.

snub

sneb - A reprimand or a snub.
avert - Etymologically, it means "to turn away": blows can be averted, but not pain; a snub can be averted, but not a humiliation; violence can be averted, but not damage.
cold shoulder - This term for a snub started when people overstayed their welcome and were served cold beef shoulder, rather than hot food.
snouch - To snouch someone is to snub or treat with scorn.

snub

Past participle: snubbed
Gerund: snubbing

Imperative
snub
snub

Present
I snub
you snub
he/she/it snubs
we snub
you snub
they snub

Preterite
I snubbed
you snubbed
he/she/it snubbed
we snubbed
you snubbed
they snubbed

Present Continuous
I am snubbing
you are snubbing
he/she/it is snubbing
we are snubbing
you are snubbing
they are snubbing

Present Perfect
I have snubbed
you have snubbed
he/she/it has snubbed
we have snubbed
you have snubbed
they have snubbed

Past Continuous
I was snubbing
you were snubbing
he/she/it was snubbing
we were snubbing
you were snubbing
they were snubbing

Past Perfect
I had snubbed
you had snubbed
he/she/it had snubbed
we had snubbed
you had snubbed
they had snubbed

Future
I will snub
you will snub
he/she/it will snub
we will snub
you will snub
they will snub

Future Perfect
I will have snubbed
you will have snubbed
he/she/it will have snubbed
we will have snubbed
you will have snubbed
they will have snubbed

Future Continuous
I will be snubbing
you will be snubbing
he/she/it will be snubbing
we will be snubbing
you will be snubbing
they will be snubbing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been snubbing
you have been snubbing
he/she/it has been snubbing
we have been snubbing
you have been snubbing
they have been snubbing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been snubbing
you will have been snubbing
he/she/it will have been snubbing
we will have been snubbing
you will have been snubbing
they will have been snubbing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been snubbing
you had been snubbing
he/she/it had been snubbing
we had been snubbing
you had been snubbing
they had been snubbing

Conditional
I would snub
you would snub
he/she/it would snub
we would snub
you would snub
they would snub

Past Conditional
I would have snubbed
you would have snubbed
he/she/it would have snubbed
we would have snubbed
you would have snubbed
they would have snubbed

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Noun	1.	snub - an instance of driving away or warding off repulse, rebuff rejection - the speech act of rejecting
	2.	snub - a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional" cold shoulder, cut rebuff, slight - a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
Verb	1.	snub - refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" disregard, ignore, cut do by, treat, handle - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
	2.	snub - reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" rebuff, repel freeze off, spurn, pooh-pooh, disdain, scorn, turn down, reject - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
Adj.	1.	snub - unusually short; "a snub nose" short - (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"

snub

verb

1. insult, slight, put down, humiliate, cut (informal), shame, humble, rebuff, mortify, cold-shoulder, blank (informal), kick in the teeth (slang), give (someone) the cold shoulder, give (someone) the brush-off (slang), cut dead (informal) He snubbed her in public and made her feel an idiot.

noun

1. insult, put-down, humiliation, affront, slap in the face, brush-off (slang) He took it as a snub.

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snub

verb

To slight (someone) deliberately:

cut, rebuff, shun, spurn.

Informal: coldshoulder.

Idioms: close the door on, give someone the cold shoulder, give someone the go-by, turn one's back on.

noun

A deliberate slight:

cut, rebuff, spurn.

Informal: cold shoulder, go-by.

Translations

إزْدِراء، إنْتِهارخانِس الأنْفيُعامِل بازْدِراء، يَنْتَهِر

ohrnutýuraziturážka

affærdigeaffærdigelse

Abfuhr eine Abfuhr erteilen

affront rabrouer retroussé

letorkolletorkoláspisze orr

hunsalítilsvirîingmeî stutt uppbrett nef

affronto snobbare

apvainojumsapvainotizturēties vēsi/noraidošistrupsuzrauts

bite av oppstopper-

ohrnutý

hor görme hor görmekküçük ve ucu kalkıkküçümsemeküçümsemek

冷落怠慢狮子鼻鼻子扁的

snub

¹ [snʌb]

A. N → desaire m

B. VT [+ person] → desairar, volver la espalda a; [+ offer] → rechazar

snub

² [snʌb] ADJ snub nose → nariz f respingona

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snub

[ˈsnʌb]

vt → repousser, snober

n → rebuffade fsnub-nosed [ˌsnʌbˈnəʊzd] adj → au nez retroussé

snub

n → Brüskierung f; to give somebody a snub → jdn brüskieren, jdn vor den Kopf stoßen; subordinate, pupil etc (verbally) → jdm über den Mund fahren; to get a snub from somebody → von jdm brüskiert or vor den Kopf gestoßen werden

person → brüskieren, vor den Kopf stoßen; subordinate, pupil (verbally) → über den Mund fahren (+dat); suggestion, proposal → kurz abtun; offer, request, plea → ablehnen; talks → bewusst fernbleiben (+dat)

(= ignore, not greet) → schneiden

snub

snub nose

n → Stupsnase f

snub-nosed

adj → stumpfnasig; person also → stupsnasig

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snub

[snʌb]

1. n → affronto, offesa

2. vt (person) → snobbare

snub

(snab) – past tense, past participle snubbed – verb

to treat, or speak to, in a cold, scornful way; to insult. He snubbed me by not replying to my question.

noun

an act of snubbing; an insult.

adjective

(of the nose) short and slightly turned up at the end. a snub nose.

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The boat flirted over and snubbed in to the bank bottom up, while Thornton, flung sheer out of it, was carried down-stream toward the worst part of the rapids, a stretch of wild water in which no swimmer could live.

Hans promptly snubbed with the rope, as though Buck were a boat.

Hans snubbed the rope around the tree, and Buck and Thornton were jerked under the water.

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He pictured himself looking out for Miss Wilkinson, the embarrassment of going up to her and asking if it were she (and he might so easily address the wrong person and be snubbed), and then the difficulty of knowing whether in the train he ought to talk to her or whether he could ignore her and read his book.

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It seems to me that in England they play a very faded-out part, and those with whom I conversed had a kind of depressed and humiliated tone; a little dull, tame look, as if they were used to being snubbed and bullied, which made me want to give them a good shaking.

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She wore her hair now in an enormous pompador and had discarded the blue ribbon bows of auld lang syne, but her face was as freckled, her nose as snubbed, and her mouth and smiles as wide as ever.

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He was gone to his room, and I went to mine feeling duly snubbed; yet I deserved it; for I had exhibited a characteristic (though not chronic) want of taste, of which I am sometimes guilty to this day.

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Yet whenever she made suggestions as to how the thing was to be done, he snubbed her by saying

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He really did not mind being snubbed since the snubbing meant that the lad was gaining strength and spirit.

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The other day in Santa Croce, when he was with Miss Honeychurch, I snubbed him.

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After Sri Lanka, Maldives also snubs Pakistan

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