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Definition of nubbin in English: nubbinnoun ˈnʌbɪnˈnəbən North American A small lump or residual part. nubbins of bone or cartilage Example sentencesExamples - Three cases showed small fibrous nubbins that had been submitted as atrophic or regressed.
- Long names get worn down to three-letter nubbins like stones smoothed by a river.
- A nubbin on the left side of the Glock magazine lip needs to be ground off for the sliding gate to fit over the lip.
- Give me a new toothbrush and I can widdle the thing down to nothing but a shabby nubbin of its former self within three days, using nothing but my teeth and gums.
- I've never been a big believer in the mouse nubbin found on some laptops, but the size of the Meteor would make it a good candidate for such a pointing device.
- My feet are freezing standing around on the summit of Kilimanjaro, my toes little nubbins of ice inside my boots.
- But why deprive yourself of the soulful braised collards and kale with shards of soft-roasted garlic and crisp nubbins of bacon?
- The Geordie Ambassador's niece is bottle-feeding these appealing creatures, which have cheeky little black faces, silky coats, and little nubbins of horns.
- The right postzygapophysis of the more posterior vertebra can be identified; a small nubbin of bone anterolateral to this might represent part of a cervical rib.
- When I do leave her I feel like I'm cutting off my arms and legs, and I'm left this armless and legless nubbin who can think about nothing but getting back to her.
- I showed Joe the nubbin, and then without much fanfare, chucked it in the trash.
- His feet kept slipping, and the handholds - tiny quartz crystal nubbins in the granite - were worn smooth and offered little purchase.
- There are a number of strange new interface widgets around the place, including a kind of tiny, almost unnoticeable nubbin that allows you to drag entirely random panes out of the side of other panes.
- In particular, his reconstruction of almost the entire pelvic girdle from a little nubbin of broken bone is like watching a magician pull a living temnospondyl out of a hat.
- To top it off, the leading edges of the saddle are covered with little ball-bearing-like nubbins that reduce friction as your legs pump past them.
- The ‘hammer’ and ‘anvil’ bones of the mammalian ear are descendants of these nubbins.
- In the majority of these cases, a fibrous nubbin of tissue is found at the terminus of the spermatic cord.
- My lump was just a lump, a pea-sized nubbin of nothing-to-worry-about.
- The part of her hair that was above the water was almost completely dry and the hair under the water shyly shielded most of her breasts from view, although part of one blushing pink nubbin peeked out from beneath its dark shroud.
- I looked down at the sausage, chopped into delightful nubbins, flavored with spices.
Origin Late 17th century: diminutive of nub. Definition of nubbin in US English: nubbinnounˈnəbən North American A small lump or residual part. nubbins of bone or cartilage Example sentencesExamples - The ‘hammer’ and ‘anvil’ bones of the mammalian ear are descendants of these nubbins.
- The part of her hair that was above the water was almost completely dry and the hair under the water shyly shielded most of her breasts from view, although part of one blushing pink nubbin peeked out from beneath its dark shroud.
- But why deprive yourself of the soulful braised collards and kale with shards of soft-roasted garlic and crisp nubbins of bacon?
- There are a number of strange new interface widgets around the place, including a kind of tiny, almost unnoticeable nubbin that allows you to drag entirely random panes out of the side of other panes.
- When I do leave her I feel like I'm cutting off my arms and legs, and I'm left this armless and legless nubbin who can think about nothing but getting back to her.
- In the majority of these cases, a fibrous nubbin of tissue is found at the terminus of the spermatic cord.
- In particular, his reconstruction of almost the entire pelvic girdle from a little nubbin of broken bone is like watching a magician pull a living temnospondyl out of a hat.
- My feet are freezing standing around on the summit of Kilimanjaro, my toes little nubbins of ice inside my boots.
- The Geordie Ambassador's niece is bottle-feeding these appealing creatures, which have cheeky little black faces, silky coats, and little nubbins of horns.
- I looked down at the sausage, chopped into delightful nubbins, flavored with spices.
- Three cases showed small fibrous nubbins that had been submitted as atrophic or regressed.
- A nubbin on the left side of the Glock magazine lip needs to be ground off for the sliding gate to fit over the lip.
- To top it off, the leading edges of the saddle are covered with little ball-bearing-like nubbins that reduce friction as your legs pump past them.
- Long names get worn down to three-letter nubbins like stones smoothed by a river.
- Give me a new toothbrush and I can widdle the thing down to nothing but a shabby nubbin of its former self within three days, using nothing but my teeth and gums.
- My lump was just a lump, a pea-sized nubbin of nothing-to-worry-about.
- His feet kept slipping, and the handholds - tiny quartz crystal nubbins in the granite - were worn smooth and offered little purchase.
- The right postzygapophysis of the more posterior vertebra can be identified; a small nubbin of bone anterolateral to this might represent part of a cervical rib.
- I showed Joe the nubbin, and then without much fanfare, chucked it in the trash.
- I've never been a big believer in the mouse nubbin found on some laptops, but the size of the Meteor would make it a good candidate for such a pointing device.
Origin Late 17th century: diminutive of nub. |