[snʌb], (Verb)

Definitions:
- rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully
(e.g: he snubbed faculty members and students alike)

- check the movement of (a horse or boat), especially by a rope wound round a post
(e.g: a horse snubbed to a tree)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (as a verb, originally in the sense ‘rebuke with sharp words’): from Old Norse snubba ‘chide, check the growth of’. The adjective dates from the early 18th century

[snʌb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of rebuffing or ignoring someone or something
(e.g: the move was a snub to the government)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (as a verb, originally in the sense ‘rebuke with sharp words’): from Old Norse snubba ‘chide, check the growth of’. The adjective dates from the early 18th century

[snʌb], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a person's nose) short and turned up at the end
(e.g: snub-nosed)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (as a verb, originally in the sense ‘rebuke with sharp words’): from Old Norse snubba ‘chide, check the growth of’. The adjective dates from the early 18th century