nub
12
6.9
- noun
- /nʌb/
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protuberancia
- There's a little nub, and there's boobies.
- pencil nub
- little nub
- rubber nubs
At the moment the robot has this little red nub which cannot pick up or move cards.
- At the moment the robot has this little red nub which cannot pick up or move cards.
- Spend the rest of your life with this small, empty toad, but with a little diamond nub on it?
- I look down and all I see is a little nub fall onto my white kitchen countertop, my pale skin and black fingernail Polish.
- I've got a little nub and I'm gaining weight at a rapid speed.
Examples
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Full exercise moment OK it used to have really long feathers and she ate them all so now it's like a little nub, a nub of feathers.
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Al picked the ball out of the cup and rolled the gentle nubs against his fingers.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's just a little nub of a thing.
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At the moment the robot has this little red nub which cannot pick up or move cards.
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His fist looks like a little nub.
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And I've got a little nub there, so this thing can't slide.
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Father's ears and nose were bright pink nubs of hardened skin.
Fiction book (2000) -
All they found of him was a muddy set of prison clothes, a bar of soap and an old rock hammer damn near worn down to the nub.
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His face is on the large sheet of paper, surrounded by his animated figurings and the nubs of six pencils.
Fiction book (1998) -
The gardener pointed out a small nub on the tree where a branch used to grow.
Synonyms
106
3.0
A small piece of gold or cooked food like chicken
9
3.7
A small piece left after most of a pencil, cigarette, or candle is used
3
9.9
A small piece of fruit or corn that did not fully grow
A small round bump on a surface
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Etymology
Nub probably comes from an old word like knob, which means 'a small round lump'. So a nub is a tiny bump or piece that sticks out.