SNUB

I. transitive verb (~bed; ~bing) Etymology: Middle English snibben, ~ben, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse ~ba to scold, Swedish dialect ~ba to reproach, cut off Date: 13th century to check or stop with a cutting retort ; rebuke , 2. to check (as a line) suddenly while running out especially by turning around a fixed object (as a post or a cleat), to restrain the action of ; suppress , to treat with contempt or neglect , to extinguish by stubbing , II. noun Date: 14th century an act or an instance of ~bing, III. adjective Date: 1724 blunt , stubby , used in ~bing , ~ness noun