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nubble
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nubble has 1 sense
- nubble(n = noun.shape) nub - a small lump or protuberance; Array is a kind of bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling
Derived form adjective nubbly1
CIDE DICTIONARY
nubble, v. t. [Cf. LG. nubben to knock, cuff.].
To beat or bruise with the fist. Ainsworth. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nubble, n. a small knob or lump.
Derivative
nubbly adj.
Etymology
dimin. of NUB
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