Snub /(?)/

Snub

v. i.
  1. To sob with convulsions. [Obs.]

Snub

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Snubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Snubbing

  1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
  2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check.
  3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly.

Phrases & Compounds
To snub a cable
to check it suddenly in running out.

Snub

n.
  1. A knot; a protuberance; a song. [Obs.]
    [A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain.
  2. A check or rebuke; an intended slight.

Phrases & Compounds
Snub nose
a short or flat nose.
Snub post
a post on a dock or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel.