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
Gerrard-English (Rare)
EdenEE-dən (English)Hebrew, English (Modern)
AnasztÁZia-Hungarian
NicÉPhore-French
Avdotya-Russian
Zviad-Georgian