different between nuc vs nub

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nju?k/
• Hyphenation: nuc
• Rhymes: -u?k
• Homophones: neuk, nuke

Noun

nuc (plural nucs)

1. (beekeeping) A nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony.
   • 1998, Sue Hubbell, A Book of Bees: And How to Keep Them (page 110)

     I have to take brood from established hives to set up nucs, as I did the previous week […]

Alternative forms

• nuke

Anagrams

• UNC, cun, unc

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• nucu

Etymology

From Latin nux, nucis.

Noun

nuc m (plural nuts)

1. walnut tree

Related terms

• nucã

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nux, nucis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. In Romanian, the names of nuts or fruits are usually feminine while the names of the corresponding trees or bushes are masculine; compare p?r, prun, alun, m?r, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuk/

Noun

nuc m (plural nuci)

1. walnut (tree)

Declension

Derived terms

• nuc?
• nucar
• nuc?oar?

Related terms

• nucet

References

• nuc in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Tapachultec

Noun

nuc

1. water

Usage notes

• This is the form given in Johnston's vocabulary; Lehmann says the form in the Sapper-Ricke wordlists is nog.

References

• Walter Lehmann, Über die Stellung und Verwandtschaft der Subtiaba-Sprache der pazifischen Küste Nicaraguas und über die Sprache von Tapachula in Südchiapas (1915), Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 47, presenting the wordlists of Karl Sapper, Ricke, and Amado Johnston.

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