Associations to the word «Snubbing»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
SNUB, adjective. Conspicuously short.
SNUB, adjective. (mathematics) (of a polyhedron) Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces.
SNUB, noun. A deliberate affront or slight.
SNUB, noun. A sudden checking of a cable or rope.
SNUB, noun. (obsolete) A knot; a protuberance; a snag.
SNUB, verb. (transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
SNUB, verb. (transitive) To turn down; to dismiss.
SNUB, verb. (transitive) To stub out (a cigarette etc).
SNUB, verb. (transitive) To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner.
SNUB, verb. (transitive) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of.
SNUB, verb. To sob with convulsions.
SNUB CUBE, noun. An Archimedean solid of 38 faces, including six squares (no two of which share a vertex) and 32 equilateral triangles.
SNUB CUBES, noun. Plural of snub cube
SNUB NOSE, noun. A nose that is short and turned upward at the tip.
Dictionary definition
SNUB, noun. An instance of driving away or warding off.
SNUB, noun. A refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional".
SNUB, verb. Refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting".
SNUB, verb. Reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal".
SNUB, adjective. Unusually short; "a snub nose".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.