Snubbers
/ˈsnʌbərz/noun
Plural of snubber, a device or person that checks, restrains, or rebuffs something.
Did you know?The verb snub originally meant to check or stop a moving thing, and only later took on the social sense of treating someone coldly or contemptuously.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*snub-
“to check, cut short, or make blunt”
Middle Dutch
Dutch
snubben
“to rebuff or treat with contempt”
Early Modern English
English
snub
“to check, curb, or reprimand sharply”
18th Century
English
snub
“to treat with disdain or cold neglect”
Modern English
English
snubber
“a device or person that checks, restrains, or rebuffs”