D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

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/nŭb/ · IPA /nʌb/
01 v. t. To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.
  1. 1.
    To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.[Prov. Eng.]
02 n. A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story.
  1. 1.
    A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story.[Colloq.]