"snub" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /snʌb/ Audio: en-us-snub.ogg [US] Forms: more snub [comparative], most snub [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌb Etymology: From Middle English snubben (also snibben), from Old Norse snubba (“to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove”), which, like the source of English snip, is probably imitative in some manner. Cognate with Danish snibbe, dialectal Swedish snebba. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|snubben}} Middle English snubben, {{m|enm|snibben}} snibben, {{der|en|non|snubba|t=to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove}} Old Norse snubba (“to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove”), {{cog|en|snip}} English snip, {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|da|snibbe}} Danish snibbe, {{cog|sv|snebba}} Swedish snebba Head templates: {{en-adj}} snub (comparative more snub, superlative most snub)
  1. Conspicuously short. Translations (conspicuously short): stomp (Dutch), tynkä- (Finnish), חָרוּם (ẖarúm) [masculine] (Hebrew), camuso (Italian), noke (note: of the nose) (Maori)
    Sense id: en-snub-en-adj-FWrKptFr Disambiguation of 'conspicuously short': 94 6 0
  2. (of a nose) Flat and broad, with the end slightly turned up.
    Sense id: en-snub-en-adj-SjFfvUk3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 18 3 1 1 9 10 11 1 5 4 18 10 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 7 18 3 4 2 9 11 14 3 7 5 16
  3. (mathematics, of a polyhedron) Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of triangular faces): pullistettu (Finnish), triangulatus [masculine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-snub-en-adj-9NAi7LjL Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of triangular faces': 0 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: retrosnub, snub cube, snub disphenoid, snub dodecahedron, snub nose, snub-nosed, snub polyhedron
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /snʌb/ Audio: en-us-snub.ogg [US] Forms: snubs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌb Etymology: From Middle English snubben (also snibben), from Old Norse snubba (“to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove”), which, like the source of English snip, is probably imitative in some manner. Cognate with Danish snibbe, dialectal Swedish snebba. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|snubben}} Middle English snubben, {{m|enm|snibben}} snibben, {{der|en|non|snubba|t=to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove}} Old Norse snubba (“to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove”), {{cog|en|snip}} English snip, {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|da|snibbe}} Danish snibbe, {{cog|sv|snebba}} Swedish snebba Head templates: {{en-noun}} snub (plural snubs)
  1. A deliberate affront or slight. Translations (deliberate affront or slight): desdeny [masculine] (Catalan), menyspreu [masculine] (Catalan), menysteniment [masculine] (Catalan), desconsideració [feminine] (Catalan), fornærmelse [common-gender] (Danish), bruuskeren (Dutch), sneer [feminine] (Dutch), solvaus (Finnish), camouflet [masculine] (French), Brüskierung [feminine] (German), Affront [masculine] (German), affronto [masculine] (Italian), mancanza di rispetto [feminine] (Italian), (Maori), whakamanioro (Maori), tokoreko (Maori), بی توجهی (Persian), awania [dated, feminine] (Polish), obraza [feminine] (Polish), пренебрежи́тельное обхожде́ние (prenebrežítelʹnoje obxoždénije) [neuter] (Russian), desaire [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-snub-en-noun-rInxnK~e Disambiguation of 'deliberate affront or slight': 99 1 1
  2. A sudden checking of a cable or rope. Translations (A sudden checking of a cable or rope): ruk [masculine] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-snub-en-noun-izb~qhFy Disambiguation of 'A sudden checking of a cable or rope': 1 98 1
  3. (obsolete) A knot; a protuberance; a snag. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-snub-en-noun-tRcrEXz9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: give someone the snub, snubbing post, snub post, snub line
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /snʌb/ Audio: en-us-snub.ogg [US] Forms: snubs [present, singular, third-person], snubbing [participle, present], snubbed [participle, past], snubbed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌb Etymology: From Middle English snubben (also snibben), from Old Norse snubba (“to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove”), which, like the source of English snip, is probably imitative in some manner. Cognate with Danish snibbe, dialectal Swedish snebba. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|snubben}} Middle English snubben, {{m|enm|snibben}} snibben, {{der|en|non|snubba|t=to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove}} Old Norse snubba (“to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove”), {{cog|en|snip}} English snip, {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|da|snibbe}} Danish snibbe, {{cog|sv|snebba}} Swedish snebba Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to slight or ignore): give someone the cold shoulder, turn the cold shoulder on someone, cut someone cold, cut someone dead Translations (to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward): حقر (ḥigar) [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), desdenyar (Catalan), menyspreuar (Catalan), menystenir (Catalan), desconsiderar (Catalan), vähätellä (Finnish), sivuuttaa (Finnish), snober (French), brüskieren (German), jemanden vor den Kopf stoßen (German), tokoreko (Maori), (Maori), desairar (Spanish), hacer un feo (Spanish), avfärda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-snub-en-verb-XKfKrszn Categories (other): English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 7 18 3 4 2 9 11 14 3 7 5 16 Disambiguation of 'to slight or ignore': 88 3 1 4 1 2 Disambiguation of 'to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward': 88 3 1 3 1 3
  2. (transitive) To turn down insultingly; to dismiss. Tags: transitive Translations (to turn down, dismiss): torjua (Finnish), snober (French), ablehnen (German), abtun (German), ausschlagen (english: offer) (German), whakahoe (Maori), avfärda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-snub-en-verb-A8GmgV1I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 18 3 1 1 9 10 11 1 5 4 18 10 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 7 18 3 4 2 9 11 14 3 7 5 16 Disambiguation of 'to turn down, dismiss': 2 83 2 6 2 5
  3. (transitive) To check; to reprimand. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-snub-en-verb-EOmLIWtd
  4. (transitive) To stub out (a cigarette etc). Tags: transitive Translations (to stub out): tumpata (Finnish), погаси́ть (pogasítʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-snub-en-verb-iwCfBBC9 Disambiguation of 'to stub out': 2 4 2 84 4 4
  5. (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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-snub-en-verb-IkDMbmG~
  6. (transitive) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-snub-en-verb-FxfCbKyJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 18 3 1 1 9 10 11 1 5 4 18 10 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 7 18 3 4 2 9 11 14 3 7 5 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /snʌb/ Audio: en-us-snub.ogg [US] Forms: snubs [present, singular, third-person], snubbing [participle, present], snubbed [participle, past], snubbed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌb Etymology: Compare Dutch snuiven (“to snort, to pant”), German schnauben, German dialect schnupfen (“to sob”), and English snuff (transitive verb). Etymology templates: {{cog|nl|snuiven||to snort, to pant}} Dutch snuiven (“to snort, to pant”), {{cog|de|schnauben}} German schnauben, {{cog|de|-}} German, {{m|de|schnupfen||to sob}} schnupfen (“to sob”), {{m|en|snuff}} snuff Head templates: {{en-verb}} snub (third-person singular simple present snubs, present participle snubbing, simple past and past participle snubbed)
  1. To sob with convulsions.
    Sense id: en-snub-en-verb-NohnLeZ0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 18 3 1 1 9 10 11 1 5 4 18 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "99 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
          "word": "whakamanioro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
          "word": "tokoreko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
          "word": "بی توجهی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "awania"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "obraza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prenebrežítelʹnoje obxoždénije",
          "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "пренебрежи́тельное обхожде́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "desaire"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A sudden checking of a cable or rope."
      ],
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        [
          "sudden",
          "sudden"
        ],
        [
          "cable",
          "cable"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "A sudden checking of a cable or rope",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ruk"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A knot; a protuberance; a snag."
      ],
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        [
          "knot",
          "knot"
        ],
        [
          "protuberance",
          "protuberance"
        ],
        [
          "snag",
          "snag"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A knot; a protuberance; a snag."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/snʌb/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌb"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-snub.ogg",
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}

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  "etymology_number": 1,
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English snubben",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "present"
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        "past"
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        "To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone."
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          "slight",
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        ],
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          "ignore",
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          "cold"
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        "(transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "88 3 1 4 1 2",
          "sense": "to slight or ignore",
          "word": "give someone the cold shoulder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 4 1 2",
          "sense": "to slight or ignore",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 4 1 2",
          "sense": "to slight or ignore",
          "word": "cut someone cold"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 4 1 2",
          "sense": "to slight or ignore",
          "word": "cut someone dead"
        }
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "afb",
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          "roman": "ḥigar",
          "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
          "tags": [
            "Gulf-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "حقر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
          "word": "desdenyar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
          "word": "menyspreuar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
          "word": "menystenir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
          "word": "desconsiderar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
          "word": "vähätellä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
          "word": "sivuuttaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
          "word": "snober"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
          "word": "brüskieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
          "word": "jemanden vor den Kopf stoßen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
          "word": "tokoreko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
          "word": "pī"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "пренебрежительно (prenebrežitelʹno) обходи́ться (obxodítʹsja) (prenebrežítelʹno obxodítʹsja) (с (s) + instrumental case)",
          "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
          "word": "desairar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
          "word": "hacer un feo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 3 1 3 1 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
          "word": "avfärda"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "8 18 3 1 1 9 10 11 1 5 4 18 10",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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          "name": "English onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He snubbed my offer of help.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To turn down insultingly; to dismiss."
      ],
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        [
          "turn down",
          "turn down"
        ],
        [
          "dismiss",
          "dismiss"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To turn down insultingly; to dismiss."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 83 2 6 2 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to turn down, dismiss",
          "word": "torjua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 83 2 6 2 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to turn down, dismiss",
          "word": "snober"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 83 2 6 2 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to turn down, dismiss",
          "word": "ablehnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 83 2 6 2 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to turn down, dismiss",
          "word": "abtun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 83 2 6 2 5",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "offer",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to turn down, dismiss",
          "word": "ausschlagen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 83 2 6 2 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to turn down, dismiss",
          "word": "whakahoe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 83 2 6 2 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to turn down, dismiss",
          "word": "avfärda"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
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        "To check; to reprimand."
      ],
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        [
          "check",
          "check"
        ],
        [
          "reprimand",
          "reprimand"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To check; to reprimand."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To stub out (a cigarette etc)."
      ],
      "id": "en-snub-en-verb-iwCfBBC9",
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        [
          "stub out",
          "stub out"
        ],
        [
          "cigarette",
          "cigarette"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To stub out (a cigarette etc)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 84 4 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to stub out",
          "word": "tumpata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 84 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pogasítʹ",
          "sense": "to stub out",
          "word": "погаси́ть"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-snub-en-verb-IkDMbmG~",
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        [
          "halt",
          "halt"
        ],
        [
          "rope",
          "rope"
        ],
        [
          "turning",
          "turning"
        ],
        [
          "cleat",
          "cleat"
        ],
        [
          "bollard",
          "bollard"
        ],
        [
          "secure",
          "secure"
        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "8 18 3 1 1 9 10 11 1 5 4 18 10",
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      ],
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        "To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/snʌb/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌb"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-snub.ogg",
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        "2": "snuiven",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to snort, to pant"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "schnauben"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "German",
      "name": "cog"
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        "3": "",
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "snuff"
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "form": "snubs",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snubbing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "snubbed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "snubbed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "_dis": "8 18 3 1 1 9 10 11 1 5 4 18 10",
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        {
          "ref": "1621, Thomas Bedford, The Sinne Vnto Death",
          "text": "He striveth, strugleth, roareth, sobbeth, snubbeth, and ready he is to burst for anger.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To sob with convulsions."
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          "convulsion",
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/snʌb/"
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      "rhymes": "-ʌb"
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}
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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English onomatopoeias",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌb",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌb/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "retrosnub"
    },
    {
      "word": "snub cube"
    },
    {
      "word": "snub disphenoid"
    },
    {
      "word": "snub dodecahedron"
    },
    {
      "word": "snub nose"
    },
    {
      "word": "snub-nosed"
    },
    {
      "word": "snub polyhedron"
    }
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      "expansion": "Middle English snubben",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "snibben"
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "snebba"
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      "word": "stomp"
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      "word": "tynkä-"
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      "word": "חָרוּם"
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      "word": "camuso"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "conspicuously short",
      "word": "noke"
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      "word": "pullistettu"
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      "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
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      "word": "desdeny"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "menyspreu"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "sneer"
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      "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
      "word": "solvaus"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "camouflet"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Brüskierung"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Affront"
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      "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "affronto"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
      "word": "pī"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
      "word": "بی توجهی"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "awania"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obraza"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prenebrežítelʹnoje obxoždénije",
      "sense": "deliberate affront or slight",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пренебрежи́тельное обхожде́ние"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desaire"
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    {
      "sense": "to slight or ignore",
      "word": "give someone the cold shoulder"
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    {
      "sense": "to slight or ignore",
      "word": "turn the cold shoulder on someone"
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    {
      "sense": "to slight or ignore",
      "word": "cut someone cold"
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    {
      "sense": "to slight or ignore",
      "word": "cut someone dead"
    }
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      "roman": "ḥigar",
      "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
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        "Gulf-Arabic"
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      "word": "حقر"
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      "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
      "word": "desdenyar"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
      "word": "menyspreuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
      "word": "menystenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
      "word": "desconsiderar"
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      "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
      "word": "vähätellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
      "word": "sivuuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
      "word": "snober"
    },
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      "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
      "word": "brüskieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
      "word": "jemanden vor den Kopf stoßen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
      "word": "tokoreko"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
      "word": "pī"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "пренебрежительно (prenebrežitelʹno) обходи́ться (obxodítʹsja) (prenebrežítelʹno obxodítʹsja) (с (s) + instrumental case)",
      "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
      "word": "desairar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
      "word": "hacer un feo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward",
      "word": "avfärda"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to turn down, dismiss",
      "word": "torjua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to turn down, dismiss",
      "word": "snober"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to turn down, dismiss",
      "word": "ablehnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to turn down, dismiss",
      "word": "abtun"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "offer",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to turn down, dismiss",
      "word": "ausschlagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to turn down, dismiss",
      "word": "whakahoe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to turn down, dismiss",
      "word": "avfärda"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stub out",
      "word": "tumpata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pogasítʹ",
      "sense": "to stub out",
      "word": "погаси́ть"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "snub"
  ],
  "word": "snub"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌb",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌb/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "snuiven",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to snort, to pant"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch snuiven (“to snort, to pant”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schnauben"
      },
      "expansion": "German schnauben",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "German",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schnupfen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to sob"
      },
      "expansion": "schnupfen (“to sob”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "snuff"
      },
      "expansion": "snuff",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Dutch snuiven (“to snort, to pant”), German schnauben, German dialect schnupfen (“to sob”), and English snuff (transitive verb).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "snubs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snubbing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snubbed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snubbed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "snub (third-person singular simple present snubs, present participle snubbing, simple past and past participle snubbed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1621, Thomas Bedford, The Sinne Vnto Death",
          "text": "He striveth, strugleth, roareth, sobbeth, snubbeth, and ready he is to burst for anger.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sob with convulsions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sob",
          "sob"
        ],
        [
          "convulsion",
          "convulsion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/snʌb/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌb"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-snub.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/En-us-snub.ogg/En-us-snub.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/En-us-snub.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "snub"
  ],
  "word": "snub"
}

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