Nub

/nʌb/ · noun

Meaning

(obsolete) The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete) The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
2. A small knob or lump.
3. The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
4. (euphemistic or vulgar slang) The clitoris.
5. (computing, colloquial) A pointing stick.
6. (theater) A passage of Shakespearean blank verse.
7. (informal) The genital tubercle.
8. (baseball) To hit the ball weakly.

Example Sentences

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.

Though some CCS scholars have attempted to ground their practice on the “information hiding” view, such attempts are in my view doomed to fail, because the “information hiding” view denies the ultimate reality of code. As an alternative, I suggest that source code abstractions are virtualisations of metaphors. The nub of truth in the “information hiding” view is that programming abstractions are metaphorical. Abstractions provide a concrete framework for thinking about or conceptualising the behaviour of the machine. Some of these abstractions are so familiar that we have forgotten they are metaphors.

“ — 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.

A nub is a passage of blank verse that Shakespearean actors have sometimes relied upon when they forget their lines. It doesn't have to make any sense, but it must sound plausible. To alert the other actors on stage that the speaker is in difficulty, the word nub is used in the first line.

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• nubs
• nubbing
• nubbed

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