nub

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.

2. 2

   A small knob or lump.

3. 3

   The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.

   • 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.
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   1. 4

      The clitoris.

      • “ — 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,...
      • He stroked her, using her movements to increase the pressure on her nub, catching her between his fingers.
   2. 5

      A pointing stick.

   3. 6

      A passage of Shakespearean blank verse.

      • To an audience a clever nub can pass for Shakespeare himself.
   4. 7

      The genital tubercle.

      • nub theory
   5. 8

      To hit the ball weakly.

   6. 9

      To push

      To push; to nudge.

   7. 10

      To beckon.

   8. 11

      To extemporize a passage of Shakespearean blank verse

      • In Shall we Shog?, Globe artistic director Mark Rylance hilariously found himself having to nub the Quarto version of Hamlet's speech to the players.
   9. 12

      Alternative spelling of noob.

      • He can’t even make himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? What a nub.

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