snub out



snub out

v.
1. To extinguish a cigarette, cigar, or some other smoking material by stamping the burning end against a surface; stub something out: When the "No Smoking" sign lit up, we snubbed out our cigarettes. I took the cigarette and snubbed it out on the wall before the teacher saw me.
2. Slang To kill someone; murder someone: The gangsters snubbed the witness out. The mobsters snubbed out the competition.
See also: out, snub

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AlwinAHL-veen (German), AHL-win (Dutch), AHL-vin (Dutch)German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Hawley['hɔ:li]
Susannezoo-ZAH-nə (German), soo-SAN-ne (Danish)German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Hasna-Arabic
Freddie['fredi]
HÜSnİYe-Turkish