verb
snub
To stop or restrain movement abruptly.
She snubs the rope around a post to stop the boat.
Etymology
The older word concerns cutting short or checking. The movement sense preserves that sudden check, as when a rope restrains a moving object.
More examples
- The handler snubs the lead before the animal moves farther.
- He snubbed the line as the load began to swing.
- The sudden tension snubs the cart's movement.
Forms
snub · snubs · snubbed · snubbing