snub
/snʌb/ verb C2- To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
- To turn down insultingly; to dismiss. · He snubbed my offer of help.
- To check; to reprimand.
- To stub out (a cigarette etc).
- To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner.
- To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of.
He/she/it snubs · Past snubbed · Past participle snubbed · -ing form snubbing
Verb forms
- Base form
- snub
- He/she/it
- snubs
- Past
- snubbed
- Past participle
- snubbed
- -ing form
- snubbing
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