nub
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Symbol
- ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Nubian languages.
Noun
- 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
Verb
- To hit the ball weakly.
- To push; to nudge.
- To beckon.
- To extemporize a passage of Shakespearean blank verse
Noun
- Alternative spelling of noob.
- He can’t even make himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? What a nub.
Noun
- Acronym of new underway bitch or non-useful body (“an underqualified crewmember, generally regarded as inexperienced and unhelpful”).
- Get qualified, nub!
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