nub

Значение (English)

Verb

1. To hit the ball weakly.
2. To push; to nudge.
3. To beckon.
4. To extemporize a passage of Shakespearean blank verse

Noun

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.
4. (slang) The clitoris.
5. (colloquial) A pointing stick.
6. A passage of Shakespearean blank verse.

Noun

Alternative spelling of noob.

Synonyms

essence

core

kernel

heart

❤️

gist

center

pith

knot

🪢

stub

substance

marrow

crux

knob

node

lump

meat

🥩

nucleus

inwardness

gobbet

knurl

sum

heart and soul

centre

nubble

nitty-gritty

pit

pithiness

quiddity

quintessence

root

savor

savour

snag

stone

🪨

stump

tumor

tumour

volume

frison

knub

knuckle

bend

body

bowline

bulk

bunch

burl

butt

button

clump

entity

excrescence

gob

growth

hitch

hump

hunch

junction

kink

being

mass

matter

nature

neoplasm

nuclei

Произносится как (IPA)

/nʌb/

Etymology (English)

Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.