(n.) A check or rebuke; an intended slight.
(n.) A knot; a protuberance; a song.
(v. i.) To sob with convulsions.
(v. t.) To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check.
(v. t.) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
(v. t.) To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly.