Definition of: snub

(snub) v.t. snubbed, snub·bing
1. To treat with contempt or disdain; slight.
2. To rebuke or check with a sharp or cutting remark.
3. To stop or check, as a rope in running out, by taking a turnabout a post, etc.; also, to make fast (a boat, etc.) thus.
4. Obs. To clip; stunt; nip.
—adjective Short; pug: said of the nose.
—noun
1. An act of snubbing; a deliberate and intentional slight.
2. A sudden checking, as of a running rope or cable.
3. A snub nose. [<ON snubba snub]
—snub′ber noun