Snub-nose
31snub — {{11}}snub (adj.) short and turned up (of the nose), 1724, from SNUB (Cf. snub) (v.). The connecting notion is of being cut short. {{12}}snub (v.) mid 14c., to check, reprove, rebuke, from O.N. snubba to curse, scold, reprove. Meaning treat… …
32snub — [[t]snʌb[/t]] v. snubbed, snub•bing, n. adj. 1) to treat with disdain or contempt, esp. by ignoring 2) to check or reject with a sharp rebuke or cutting remark 3) to check or stop suddenly (a rope or cable that is running out) 4) to check (a boat …
33snub-nosed — adjective having a blunt nose a pug nosed boy with freckles a snub nosed automatic • Syn: ↑pug nosed, ↑pug nose, ↑short nosed • Similar to: ↑nosed …
34snub-nosed — adjective Date: 1725 1. having a stubby and usually slightly turned up nose 2. having a very short barrel < a snub nosed revolver > …
35snub — snubber, n snubbingly, adv. /snub/, v., snubbed, snubbing, n., adj. v.t. 1. to treat with disdain or contempt, esp. by ignoring. 2. to check or reject with a sharp rebuke or remark. 3. to check or stop suddenly (a rope or cable that is running… …
36snub-nosed langur — noun or snub nosed monkey : any of several rather large langurs (genus Rhinopithecus) of western China and Tibet that are distinguished by a large fleshy upturned nose …
37snub-nosed — adjective Having a nose that is short and turned upward at the tip …
38snub — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. cut, ignore, slight, rebuff, cold shoulder; check, curb, halt. n. rebuff, slight, cut. adj. turned up, blunt, retroussé. See contempt, repulsion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To slight] Syn. ignore, turn …
39snub — snÊŒb n. act of treating with contempt; offense, affront; sudden stop v. treat contemptuously, humiliate, purposefully ignore; rebuke, reject; stop suddenly, bring to a sudden halt adj. short and upturned (of a nose) …
40snub — verb (snubs, snubbing, snubbed) 1》 ignore or spurn disdainfully. 2》 restrict the movement of (a horse or boat) by means of a rope wound round a post. noun an act of snubbing. adjective (of a person s nose) short and turned up at the end. Origin… …
