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nub
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): /n?b/
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
- (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
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): /nub/
Noun
nub (plural nubs)
- (Internet slang) A noob; a newcomer or incompetent.
Anagrams
- BUN, Bun, bun
Albanian
Etymology
From English noob, from newbie.
Noun
nub m
- (slang, chiefly Kosovo) newbie, amateur
Synonyms
- amator m, axhami m
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nuby
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
nuby (plural nubies)
- An article of clothing similar to a scarf or a shawl.
- 1804, Henry James, "Pandora" in The New York Sun, 1 June 1804: 1–2.
- She wore entwined about her head an article which Mrs. Dangerfield spoke of as a "nuby," a knitted pink scarf concealing her hair, encircling her neck and having among its convolutions a hole for her perfectly expressionless face.
- 1902, Ellen Glasgow, The Battle Ground
- "The little white nuby in my top drawer, Betty—I felt a chill striking the back of my neck."
- 1904, Ellen Glasgow, The Deliverance; A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields
- "I met her at a church festival one Christmas Eve," responded Aunt Saidie, in a high-pitched, rasping voice. "The same evening that I got this pink crocheted nuby." She touched a small pointed shawl about her shoulders.
- 1804, Henry James, "Pandora" in The New York Sun, 1 June 1804: 1–2.
Anagrams
- Byun
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