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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old Norse
Origin: snubba 'to criticize angrily'

snub

1 verb
     
snub1 past tense and past participle snubbed, present participle snubbing [transitive]
to treat someone rudely, especially by ignoring them when you meet:
the boys who had snubbed her in high school
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