snub
- Adjective. conspicuously short.
- Adjective. (mathematics, of a polyhedron) Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces.
- Noun. A deliberate affront or slight.
- Noun. A sudden checking of a cable or rope.
- Verb. (transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
- Verb. (transitive) To turn down; to dismiss.
- Verb. (transitive) To stub out (a cigarette etc).
- 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.
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