nub
/nʌb/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A passage of Shakespearean blank verse.
Example Sentences
- "What do you think is the nub of the problem?"
- "Very often, of course, the rambling and disjointed humorous story finishes with a nub, point, snapper, or whatever you like to call it."
- "But surely the males are no problem? Aha...no we're approaching the nub."
- "Though some CCS scholars have attempted to ground their practice on the “information hiding” view, such attempts are in my view doomed to fail, because the “information hiding” view denies the ultimate reality of code. As an alternative, I suggest that source code abstractions are virtualisations of metaphors. The nub of truth in the “information hiding” view is that programming abstractions are metaphorical. Abstractions provide a concrete framework for thinking about or conceptualising the behaviour of the machine. Some of these abstractions are so familiar that we have forgotten they are metaphors."
- "“ — and then rub her nub with the bridge of your nose, right where the nerve will drive her straight to the ceiling!”"
- "When he used his fingers to rub her nub, he didn't have to wait anymore. She exploded for the second time that morning,..."
Etymology
Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.
Word Breakdown
- Root: -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /nʌb/
- British English: /nʌb/
Usage
- Obsolete
- Slang
- Colloquial
- Informal
- American usage
- Countable
- Derogatory