to snub sb

  • 81To snub a rope — Snub Snub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snubbing}.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba, Icel. snubb[=o]ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.] 1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 82snub — a cod with a rounded, elongate and upturned snout, believed to be a sign of good luck (Newfoundland) …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 83snub-nose — adjective Having a nose that is short and turned upward at the tip …

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  • 84snub cube — noun An Archimedean 32;solid of 38 faces, including six squares (no two of which share a vertex) and 32 equilateral 32;triangles …

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  • 85snub-nosed — adjective Having a nose that is short and turned upward at the tip …

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  • 86snub — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, abbreviated, abridge, abridged, abstract, abstracted, arrest, ban, banish, beat back, blackball, bob, bobbed, boil down, bottle up, bridle, brush off, brush off, capsule, capsulize, capsulized, cast out,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 87snub nosed — Synonyms and related words: bandy, bandy legged, blemished, bloated, blocky, bowlegged, chubby, chunky, club footed, defaced, deformed, disfigured, dumpy, dwarfed, fat, flatfooted, grotesque, ill made, ill proportioned, ill shaped, knock kneed,… …

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  • 88snub — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. cut, ignore, slight, rebuff, cold shoulder; check, curb, halt. n. rebuff, slight, cut. adj. turned up, blunt, retroussé. See contempt, repulsion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To slight] Syn. ignore, turn …

    English dictionary for students

  • 89snub — v. a. [snibbe]. Ps. ix. 6. ON. snubba …

    Oldest English Words

  • 90snub — snÊŒb n. act of treating with contempt; offense, affront; sudden stop v. treat contemptuously, humiliate, purposefully ignore; rebuke, reject; stop suddenly, bring to a sudden halt adj. short and upturned (of a nose) …

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