nib

---

see also: NIB

---

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɪb/

Noun

nib (plural nibs)

1. The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1

     Slowly welling from the point of her gold nib, pale blue ink dissolved the full stop; for there her pen stuck; her eyes fixed, and tears slowly filled them.

2. The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.
3. Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
4. A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
5. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.

   • the little nib or fructifying principle

6. One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
7. The shaft of a wagon.

Synonyms

• (handle projecting from a scythe snath) thole

Translations

• French: plume
• German: Federspitze
• Italian: punta
• Portuguese: ponta
• Russian: остриё перо
• Spanish: plumín

Translations

• French: bec
• Italian: rostro, becco
• Portuguese: bico
• Russian: клюв
• Spanish: pico

Verb

nib (nibs, present participle nibbing; past and past participle nibbed)

1. (transitive) To fit (a pen) with a nib.

---

NIB

---

Adjective

nib (not comparable)

1. Of a product that is the subject of a consumer sale: new and still in its original packaging; not used.

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003