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SNUB
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Irregular inflected forms: snubbed , snubbing
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A refusal to recognize someone you know
Example:
the snub was clearly intentional
Synonyms:
cold shoulder; cut; snub
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("snub" is a kind of...):
rebuff; slight (a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval))
Derivation:
snub (refuse to acknowledge)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An instance of driving away or warding off
Synonyms:
rebuff; repulse; snub
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("snub" is a kind of...):
rejection (the speech act of rejecting)
Derivation:
snub (reject outright and bluntly)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unusually short
Example:
a snub nose
Classified under:
Similar:
short ((primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they snub ... he / she / it snubs
Past simple: snubbed
Past participle: snubbed
-ing form: snubbing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reject outright and bluntly
Example:
She snubbed his proposal
Synonyms:
rebuff; repel; snub
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "snub" is one way to...):
disdain; freeze off; pooh-pooh; reject; scorn; spurn; turn down (reject with contempt)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
snub (an instance of driving away or warding off)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Refuse to acknowledge
Example:
She cut him dead at the meeting
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "snub" is one way to...):
do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Derivation:
snub (a refusal to recognize someone you know)
Context examples:
At a particularly bad spot, where a ledge of barely submerged rocks jutted out into the river, Hans cast off the rope, and, while Thornton poled the boat out into the stream, ran down the bank with the end in his hand to snub the boat when it had cleared the ledge.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Hans and Pete moved along the bank, snubbing with a thin Manila rope from tree to tree, while Thornton remained in the boat, helping its descent by means of a pole, and shouting directions to the shore.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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