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noun
The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A small knob or lump.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: nubbin
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noun
The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: crux, gist, bowels, sum, brass tacks, core, essence, drift, guts, gravamen, heart, heart and soul, heartstring, heartstrings, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, moral of the story, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, pith, punctum saliens, quintessence, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, tenor
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noun
The clitoris.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, slang, vulgar
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noun
A pointing stick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A passage of Shakespearean blank verse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
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noun
The genital tubercle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Alternative spelling of noob.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, alt-of, alternative
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verb
To hit the ball weakly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
To push; to nudge.
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verb
To beckon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To extemporize a passage of Shakespearean blank verse
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noun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
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Broader terms: content, cognitive content, mental object
Narrower terms: bare bones, hypostasis, quiddity, haecceity, quintessence, stuff
noun
a small piece
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: stub
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Broader terms: part, piece
Narrower terms: nubbin
noun
a small lump or protuberance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: nubble
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Broader terms: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
History
Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.
Variant spelling of noob.
Across languages
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
