snub
Pronunciation:
/snʌb/noun
Definitions
A deliberate affront or slight.
Example: I hope the people we couldn't invite don't see it as a snub.
A sudden checking of a cable or rope.
A knot; a protuberance; a snag.
verb
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To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
To turn down; to dismiss.
Example: He snubbed my offer of help.
To check; to reprimand.
To stub out (a cigarette etc).
adjective
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Conspicuously short.
Example: a snub-nosed revolver
Of the nose: flat and broad, with the end slightly turned up.
(of a polyhedron) Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces.