nub
nub · nubs · nubbed · nubbing
To hit the ball weaklyTo hit the ball weakly.
/nʌb/
» The nub of the dispute was unknown but its results were easy to predict.
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4 sensesTo hit the ball weakly.
To push; to nudge.
To beckon.
To extemporize a passage of Shakespearean blank verse
Examples
1 sentencesThe nub of the dispute was unknown but its results were easy to predict.
Origin
Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compaEither directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.
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Forms
nubs, nubbing, nubbed, nubbedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle