I . v. a.
1.
Nip, clip, dock, prune, cut short, cut down, check, stunt.
2.
Check ( with a tart remark ), stop, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, chide.
3.
Abash ( as a pretentious person ), slight, humble, humiliate, shame, mortify, confound, disconcert, discomfit, put down, take down, make ashamed, take down a peg, teach one one's distance.
II . n.
1.
Knot, protuberance, snag, jag, nub.
2.
Check, rebuke, slight.
3.
Snub-nose.