資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Snub \Snub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Snubbing}.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba,
   Icel. snubb[=o]ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.]
   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. --J. Foster.

   3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or
      pretentious person; to slight designedly.

   {To snub a cable} or {rope} (Naut.), to check it suddenly in
      running out. --Totten.