nub
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nub
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.
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Noun edit
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
- What do you think is the nub of the problem?
- 1897, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], How to Tell a Story:
- Here the narrator bursts into explosion after explosion of thunderous horse-laughter, repeating that nub from time to time through his gaspings and shriekings and suffocatings.
- 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 115:
- But surely the males are no problem? Aha...no we're approaching the nub.
- (slang) The clitoris.
- (computing, colloquial) A pointing stick.
Translations edit
a small lump or knob
Verb edit
nub (third-person singular simple present nubs, present participle nubbing, simple past and past participle nubbed)
Etymology 2 edit
Variant spelling of noob.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nub (plural nubs)
- (Internet slang) Alternative spelling of noob.
- He can't even make himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? What a nub.
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Etymology edit
From English noob, from newbie.
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nub m