snubbing

To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.

To turn down; to dismiss.

“He snubbed my offer of help.”

To check; to reprimand.

To stub out (a cigarette etc).

To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner.

To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of.

To sob with convulsions.

The act by which someone is snubbed; a rebuke.