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nubbins

nubbins is the plural of nubbin.

Meaning of nubbin

Noun

nubbin (plural nubbins)

  1. A stub, especially a stub of undeveloped corn or fruit or nipple.
  2. (informal) A small protuberance, bud, bump, or knob.
    • As an avid button collector, I have had to develop an efficient way of removing the nubbin of thread from the buttonhole.
    Synonyms:
    nublet, nub
  3. (euphemistic, slang, vulgar) Synonym of clitoris.
    Synonyms:
    clitoris

Questions about nubbins

What is nubbins the plural of?
Nubbins is the plural of nubbin.

Words near nubbins in the dictionary

  1. nubbiness
  2. nubbing
  3. nubbing cheat
  4. nubbing cheats
  5. nubbings
  6. nubbins
  7. nubble
  8. nubbled
  9. nubbles
  10. nubblet
  11. nubblets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nubbins (page history and authors); nubbin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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