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発音

• IPA^(key): /nʌb/
• Rhymes: -ʌb

名詞

nub (複数形 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

   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.

4. (slang) The clitoris.
   • 2007, Melissa MacNeal, Hot for It‎^[1], →ISBN, page 198:

     “ — 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^[2], →ISBN, page 82:

     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^[3], →ISBN, page 81:

     He stroked her, using her movements to increase the pressure on her nub, catching her between his fingers.

5. (computing, colloquial) a pointing stick

動詞

nub (三人称単数 現在形 nubs, 現在分詞 nubbing, 過去形および過去分詞形 nubbed)

1. (baseball) To hit the ball weakly.
2. To push; to nudge.
3. To beckon.

語源 2

Variant spelling of noob.

発音

• IPA^(key): /nuːb/
• Rhymes: -uːb

名詞

nub (複数形 nubs)

1. (Internet slang) Alternative spelling of noob.

   He can't even make himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? What a nub.

アナグラム

• BUN, Bun, bun