nub

1 a small lump or protuberance [syn: nubble]

2 a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" [syn: stub]

3 the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, pith, sum, nitty-gritty]

English

Etymology

Dialect knub , possibly from Low German knubbe

Noun

1. The essence or core of something.

   What do you think is the nub of the problem?

2. A small lump or knob.
3. vulgar slang The clitoris.
4. Alternative spelling of noob.

Nub or NUB may refer to:

• A variation of newbie, also can refer to noob
• King Nub, character from Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine video game
• Nobiin language of Nubia, List of ISO 639-2 codes#N
• Northern University, Bangladesh
• NUB, all-female bodyguard organisation from John Gardner's, James Bond novel, Nobody Lives For Ever
• Nub, Egyptian word for Gold
• Nub, English word
  • 1. small lump
  • 2. small piece
  • 3. choice or essential part
• Nub, climbing term
• Nub, third track off of the Jesus Lizard album Goat.
• Nub, guitarist from animated children's television series, Generation O!
• Nub, U.S. Navy slang
• NUB, Net Units Billed
• Nub City, nickname given to Vernon, Florida by Errol Morris, See Vernon, Florida (film)
• Nub Chen Sangye Yeshe (9th cen.), one of the 25 students of Buddhist Guru Padmasambhava
• Also a slang term for a Pointing stick
• Nub, an Anglo-American four-piece rock band from the 90s who released a Best Of CD in 2007
• Nub, 2001 Elon College graduate

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