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nub

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1. nub - Noun

2. nub - Verb

Meaning

To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.

A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I feel the symbolic world is the nub of a problem for an artist. Anish Kapoor

the gist of the prosecutor's argument Source: Internet

the heart and soul of the Republican Party Source: Internet

the nub of the story Source: Internet

a nub of coal Source: Internet

a stub of a pencil Source: Internet

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