snub

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  Rhymes: -ʌb

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snub (comparative more snub, superlative most snub)

1. conspicuously short

   a snub-nosed revolver

2. (mathematics, of a polyhedron) Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces

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• retrosnub
• snub cube
• snub disphenoid
• snub dodecahedron
• snub polyhedron
• vertisnub

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[edit] Noun

snub (plural snubs)

1. A deliberate affront or slight.

   I hope the people we couldn't invite don't see it as a snub.

2. A sudden checking of a cable or rope.

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• snub line

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[edit] Verb

to snub (third-person singular simple present snubs, present participle snubbing, simple past and past participle snubbed)

1. (transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
2. (transitive) To turn down; to dismiss.

   He snubbed my offer to help.

3. (transitive) To stub out (a cigarette etc).
4. (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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• Alphagram: bnsu
• buns
• nubs