nubbin

English

Etymology

Perhaps nub +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʌbɪn/

• Audio (AU)

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Noun

nubbin (plural nubbins)

1. A stub, especially a stub of undeveloped corn or fruit or nipple.
2. (informal) A small protuberance, bud, bump, or knob.
   • 1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 67:

     She walks to the next room, a little larger, holding a double bed. The shade is half drawn, and low light gives each nubbin of the bedspread a shadow.

   As an avid button collector, I have had to develop an efficient way of removing the nubbin of thread from the buttonhole.

3. (slang) The clitoris.

Derived terms

• nubbin disease

 

References

• “nubbin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “nubbin”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “nubbin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnubːbiːn/

Adjective

nubbin

1. essive of nubbi