different between nub vs polyp

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)

1. (obsolete) The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
2. A small lump or knob.
3. The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.

   Synonyms: crux, gist; see also Thesaurus:gist
4. (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.

5. (computing, colloquial) a pointing stick

Translations

Verb

nub (third-person singular simple present nubs, present participle nubbing, simple past and past participle nubbed)

1. (baseball) To hit the ball weakly.
2. To push; to nudge.
3. To beckon.

Etymology 2

Variant spelling of noob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nub/

Noun

nub (plural nubs)

1. (Internet slang) A noob; a newcomer or incompetent.

Anagrams

• BUN, Bun, bun

Albanian

Etymology

From English noob, from newbie.

Noun

nub m

1. (slang, chiefly Kosovo) newbie, amateur

Synonyms

• amator m, axhami m

English

Etymology

From Latin polypus (“a polyp, a polypus in the nose”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (polúpous), from ????? (polús, “many”) + ???? (poús, “foot”). Doublet of polypus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?l?p/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?l?p/
• Rhymes: -?l?p
• Hyphenation: pol?yp

Noun

polyp (plural polyps)

1. (medicine) an abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane
2. (zoology) a cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles

Derived terms

• polypoid

Related terms

• polypian
• polyposis

Translations

Further reading

• polyp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• polyp in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• polyp at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• loppy

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pol?p]

Noun

polyp m

1. (biology) polyp
2. (medicine) polyp

Derived terms

• polypí

Further reading

• polyp in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• polyp in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989