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To snub a rope

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