• IPA: /nʌb/

nub (plural nubs)

1. (obsolete) The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
2. A small lump or knob.
3. The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.

   Synonyms: crux, gist, Thesaurus:gist

   What do you think is the nub of the problem?

   • 1897, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], How to Tell a Story:

     Here the narrator bursts into explosion after explosion of thunderous horse-laughter, repeating that nub from time to time through his gaspings and shriekings and suffocatings.

4. (slang) The clitoris.
   • 2007, Melissa MacNeal, Hot for It, ISBN 075821412X, page 198:

     “ — and then rub her nub with the bridge of your nose, right where the nerve will drive her straight to the ceiling!”

   • 2008, Arianna Hart, A Man for Marley, ISBN 1599986388, page 82:

     When he used his fingers to rub her nub, he didn't have to wait anymore. She exploded for the second time that morning,...

   • 2010, Beverly Rae, Wild Cat, ISBN 1609282442, page 81:

     He stroked her, using her movements to increase the pressure on her nub, catching her between his fingers.

• German: Klümpchen , Stückchen , Noppe

• German: Pointe, Kernpunkt, Kern
• Russian: суть

nub (nubs, present participle nubbing; past and past participle nubbed)

1. (baseball) To hit the ball weakly.
2. To push; to nudge.
3. To beckon.

• IPA: /nub/

nub (plural nubs)

1. (Internet slang) A noob; a newcomer or incompetent.

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