nub.
The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
Meaning & usage
The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
A small knob or lump.
The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
What do you think is the nub of the problem?
The clitoris.
A pointing stick.
A passage of Shakespearean blank verse.
The genital tubercle.
nub theory
Where this word comes from
Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.
To hit the ball weakly.
To push; to nudge.
To beckon.
To extemporize a passage of Shakespearean blank verse
Where this word comes from
Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.
Alternative spelling of noob.
He can’t even make himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? What a nub.
Where this word comes from
Alternative form.
Acronym of new underway bitch or non-useful body (“an underqualified crewmember, generally regarded as inexperienced and unhelpful”).
Get qualified, nub!
Where this word comes from
Acronym.
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