Definition of nub Nub
/nʌˈb/ - [nub] - nub
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NounPlural: nubs |
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| nub - a small lump or protuberance | ||
| nubble | ||
| bulge, hump, gibbousness, gibbosity, extrusion, excrescence, jut, protrusion, protuberance, bump, prominence, swelling something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" | ||
| nub - a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" | ||
| stub | ||
| part, piece something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" | ||
| nub - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" | ||
| kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, pith, sum, nitty-gritty | ||
| cognitive content, mental object, content the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned | ||
| bare bones (plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story" | ||
| hypostasis (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality | ||
| haecceity, quiddity the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other | ||
| quintessence the most typical example or representative of a type | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- nub (v. t.)
To push; to nudge; also, to beckon. - nub (n.)
A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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nub
nub, v.t. (prov.) to push: beckon: hang -
nub
nub, n. a knob, knot: point, gist.—adjs. Nub′bly, full of knots; Nub′by, lumpy, dirty
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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nub
The neck; also coition.
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🔤- nub, noun, singular of nubs.
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