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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nub  \Nub\,  v.  t.  [Cf.  {Knob}.] 
  To  push  to  nudge;  also  to  beckon.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nub  \Nub\,  n. 
  A  jag,  or  snag;  a  knob;  a  protuberance;  also  the  point  or 
  gist,  as  of  a  story.  [Colloq.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nub 
  n  1:  a  small  lump  or  protuberance 
  2:  a  small  piece;  "a  nub  of  coal"  or  "a  stub  of  a  pencil"  [syn: 
  {stub}] 
  3:  the  choicest  or  most  essential  or  most  vital  part  of  some 
  idea  or  experience:  "the  gist  of  the  prosecutor's 
  argument";  "the  nub  of  the  story"  [syn:  {kernel},  {substance}, 
  {core},  {center},  {essence},  {gist},  {heart},  {inwardness}, 
  {marrow},  {meat},  {pith},  {sum},  {nitty-gritty}] 




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