To ignore or refuse to acknowledge someone deliberately. She snubbed him at the party by turning her back when he tried to speak to her.
To reject or dismiss abruptly or disdainfully. The committee snubbed his proposal without even considering it.
To suddenly stop or check the motion of (a rope, vessel, etc.) by fastening or wrapping it around a post, cleat, or similar object. The deckhand snubbed the line around the bitt to keep the boat from drifting backward.