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sneb

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /snɛb/
  • rhymes with -ɛb

1

noun

Meaning 1

A snub or reprimand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To check; to reprimand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal, obsolete

Examples

  • 16th c, Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, Book II, 1725, The Works of the Honourable Sir Philip Sidney, Kt., in Prose and Verse, Volume 1, 14th Edition, page 410, Thou heard'st even now a young man sneb me sore, / Because I read him, as I would my son.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Variant of snib.