nib

Meaning

Noun

1. The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
2. (dialectal) A bird's beak.
3. Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
4. A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
5. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
6. One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
7. The shaft of a wagon.

Verb

To fit (a pen) with a nib.

Synonyms

beak

bill

neb

point

tip

pecker

pointed end

penpoint

pen nib

nose

👃

pinpoint

quill

rostrum

snoot

snout

spicule

spout

tappet

razor edge

external point

apex

external center

blade

conk

edge

fipple

nozzle

peak

peen

pike

pinch

Translations

plume

🪶

pico

μύτη

Spitze

punta

pennino

rostro

Feder

🪶

Stift

bec

bec

spitzen

πεννάκι

ακίδα

becco

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nɪb/

Etymology

From a variant of neb, perhaps due to association with nibble.