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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
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[1]:
- “ — 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[2]:
- 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[3]:
- He stroked her, using her movements to increase the pressure on her nub, catching her between his fingers.
- 2007, Melissa MacNeal, Hot for It, →ISBN, page 198[1]:
- (computing, colloquial) a pointing stick
Translations[edit]
a small lump or knob
essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
Verb[edit]
nub (third-person singular simple present nubs, present participle nubbing, simple past and past participle nubbed)
Etymology 2[edit]
Variant spelling of noob.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English noob, from newbie.
Noun[edit]
nub m
Synonyms[edit]
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