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Definition of Snub
1. Noun. An instance of driving away or warding off.
Generic synonyms: Rejection
Derivative terms: Rebuff, Repulse, Repulse
2. Verb. Refuse to acknowledge. "She cut him dead at the meeting"
3. Adjective. Unusually short. "A snub nose"
4. Noun. A refusal to recognize someone you know. "The snub was clearly intentional"
5. Verb. Reject outright and bluntly. "She snubbed his proposal"
Generic synonyms: Disdain, Freeze Off, Pooh-pooh, Reject, Scorn, Spurn, Turn Down
Derivative terms: Rebuff
Definition of Snub
1. v. i. To sob with convulsions.
2. v. t. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
3. n. A knot; a protuberance; a song.
Definition of Snub
1. Adjective. conspicuously short ¹
2. Adjective. (mathematics of a polyhedron) Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces ¹
3. Noun. A deliberate affront or slight. ¹
4. Noun. A sudden checking of a cable or rope. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To turn down; to dismiss. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To stub out (a cigarette etc). ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snub
1. to treat with contempt or neglect [v SNUBBED, SNUBBING, SNUBS]
Medical Definition of Snub
1. 1. A knot; a protuberance; a song. "[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, or Snubbing post, a post on a dock or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)