snub
pronunciation
How to pronounce snub in British English:
UK [snʌb]
How to pronounce snub in American English:
US [snʌb]
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- Noun:
- an instance of driving away or warding off
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
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- Verb:
- refuse to acknowledge
- reject outright and bluntly
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- Adjective:
- unusually short
Word Origin
- snub (v.)
- mid-14c., "to check, reprove, rebuke," from Old Norse snubba "to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove." The ground sense is perhaps "to cut off," and the word probably is related to snip. Compare Swedish snobba "lop off, snuff (a candle)," Old Norse snubbotr "snubbed, nipped, with the tip cut off." Meaning "treat coldly" appeared early 18c. Related: Snubbed; snubbing.
- snub (adj.)
- "short and turned up," 1725, in snub-nosed, from snub (v.). The connecting notion is of being "cut short."
- snub (n.)
- "rebuke, intentional slight," 1530s, from snub (v.).
Example
- 1. But behind the snub lies something real .
- 2. Polish newspapers criticised the decision to snub the lithuanian anniversary ceremonies .
- 3. Mr hollande does not seem to bear a grudge over her snub .
- 4. This would rarely happen in a person-to-person meeting , which would be considered a snub .
- 5. A country with the biggest external borrowing needs in history surely cannot afford to snub its creditors .