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nub

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Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun nub has 3 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

nubv. t. [Cf. Knob.].
     To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.  [1913 Webster]
nubn. 
     A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nub, n.
1 the point or gist (of a matter or story).
2 a small lump, esp. of coal.
3 a stub; a small residue.

Derivative
nubby adj.
Etymology
app. var. of knub, f. MLG knubbe, knobbe KNOB

THESAURUS

nub

axiom, axis, bench mark, bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, boss, bow, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, button, cahot, cardinal point, center, center of action, center of gravity, centroid, centrum, chief thing, chine, climax, clump, condyle, convex, core, cornerstone, crisis, critical point, crux, dead center, distillate, distillation, dowel, ear, elixir, epicenter, essence, essential, essential matter, fabric, feel, finish, flange, flap, flower, focus, fundamental, gall, gist, gnarl, grain, granular texture, gravamen, great point, handle, heart, high point, hill, hub, hump, hunch, hypostasis, important thing, indentation, inner essence, issue, jog, joggle, kernel, keystone, knob, knot, knub, knur, knurl, landmark, lip, loop, lump, main point, main thing, marrow, material, material point, matter, meat, medium, medulla, metacenter, middle, milestone, mole, mountain, nap, nave, navel, nevus, nubbin, nubble, nucleus, nuts and bolts, omphalos, papilloma, peg, pile, pit, pith, pivot, pock, postulate, principle, protuberance, quid, quiddity, quintessence, real issue, rib, ridge, ring, salient point, sap, shag, short, shoulder, sine qua non, soul, spine, spirit, storm center, structure, stud, stuff, style, substance, substantive point, sum and substance, surface, surface texture, tab, texture, the bottom line, the nitty-gritty, the point, tubercle, tubercule, turning point, umbilicus, upshot, verruca, vesicle, wale, wart, weave, welt, woof
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