nub
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(obsolete)The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
- 2.
A small knob or lump.
Đồng nghĩa: nubbin
- 3.
The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
What do you think is the nub of the problem?
Đồng nghĩa: crux, gist, bowels, sum, brass tacks, core, crux, essence, gist, drift, guts, gravamen, heart, heart and soul, heartstring, heartstrings, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, moral of the story, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, pith, punctum saliens, quintessence, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, tenor
- 4.
(euphemistic, slang, vulgar)(euphemistic or vulgar slang) The clitoris.
- 5.
(colloquial)(computing, colloquial) A pointing stick.
- 6.
(theater) A passage of Shakespearean blank verse.
- 7.
(informal)The genital tubercle.
nub theory
- 8.
(Internet, alt of, alternative)(Internet slang) Alternative spelling of noob.
He can’t even make himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? What a nub.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(baseball) To hit the ball weakly.
- 2.
To push; to nudge.
- 3.
To beckon.
- 4.
To extemporize a passage of Shakespearean blank verse
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Either directly from -, or from knub, from a - word (compare Knubbel). Compare knob.