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Entry 6 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Snub

/snŭb/ · IPA /snʌb/
01 v. i. To sob with convulsions.
  1. 1.
    To sob with convulsions.[Obs.]
02 v. t. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
imp. & p. p. Snubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Snubbing
  1. 1.
    To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
  2. 2.
    To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check.
  3. 3.
    To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly.
Phrases & compounds
To snub a cable — to check it suddenly in running out.
03 n. A knot; a protuberance; a song.
  1. 1.
    A knot; a protuberance; a song.[Obs.]
    “[A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain.” — Spenser.
  2. 2.
    A check or rebuke; an intended slight.
Phrases & compounds
Snub nose — a short or flat nose.
Snub post — a post on a dock or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel.