[snub] vt snubbed ; snub.bing [ME snubben, of Scand origin; akin to ON snubba to scold; akin to Icel sneypa to scold] (13c) 1: to check or stop with a cutting retort: rebuke
2. a: to check (as a line) suddenly while running out esp. by turning around a fixed object (as a post); also: to check the motion of by snubbing a line "~ a horse to a tree" b: to restrain the action of: suppress "~ a vibration"
3: to treat with contempt or neglect
4: to extinguish by stubbing "~ out a cigarette"
[2]snub n (14c): an act or an instance of snubbing; esp: slight [3]snub adj (1724) 1 or snubbed : blunt, stubby "a ~ nose"
2: used in snubbing "~ line" -- snub.ness n