Snubber
verb (used with object), snubbed, snubbing.
1.
to treat with disdain or contempt, especially 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 out).
4.
to check (a boat, an unbroken horse, etc.) by means of a rope or line made fast to a fixed object.
5.
to pull up or stop abruptly in such a manner.
noun
6.
an act or instance of snubbing.
7.
an affront, slight, or rebuff.
8.
a sudden check given to a rope or cable running out, a moving boat, or the like.
adjective
9.
(of the nose) short and turned up at the tip.
10.
blunt.
verb (transitive) snubs, snubbing, snubbed
1.
to insult (someone) deliberately
2.
to stop or check the motion of (a boat, horse, etc) by taking turns of a rope or cable around a post or other fixed object
noun
3.
a deliberately insulting act or remark
4.
(nautical)
an elastic shock absorber attached to a mooring line
(as modifier): a snub rope
adjective
5.
short and blunt See also snub-nosed
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