nub
Translingual
Symbol
nub
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Nubian languages.
English
Etymology 1
Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nʌb/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌb
Noun
nub (plural nubs)
- (obsolete) The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
- A small lump or knob.
- The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
- Synonyms: crux, gist; see also Thesaurus:gist
- What do you think is the nub of the problem?
- 1897, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], How to Tell a Story:
- Here the narrator bursts into explosion after explosion of thunderous horse-laughter, repeating that nub from time to time through his gaspings and shriekings and suffocatings.
- 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 115:
- But surely the males are no problem? Aha...no we're approaching the nub.
- (slang) The clitoris.
- 2007, Melissa MacNeal, Hot for It, →ISBN, page 198:
- “ — and then rub her nub with the bridge of your nose, right where the nerve will drive her straight to the ceiling!”
- 2008, Arianna Hart, A Man for Marley, →ISBN, page 82:
- When he used his fingers to rub her nub, he didn't have to wait anymore. She exploded for the second time that morning,...
- 2010, Beverly Rae, Wild Cat, →ISBN, page 81:
- He stroked her, using her movements to increase the pressure on her nub, catching her between his fingers.
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- (computing, colloquial) a pointing stick
Translations
a small lump or knob
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essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
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Verb
nub (third-person singular simple present nubs, present participle nubbing, simple past and past participle nubbed)
- (baseball) To hit the ball weakly.
- To push; to nudge.
- To beckon.
Etymology 2
Variant spelling of noob.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nuːb/
- Rhymes: -uːb
Noun
nub (plural nubs)
- (Internet slang) Alternative spelling of noob.
- He can't even make himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? What a nub.
Anagrams
- BUN, Bun, bun
Albanian
Etymology
From English noob, from newbie.
Noun
nub m
- (slang, chiefly Kosovo) newbie, amateur
Synonyms
- amator m, axhami m