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nubble

/ˈnʌbəl/

nubble is the alternative spelling of knubble.

Meaning of knubble

Noun

knubble (plural knubbles)

  1. A small knob; a knobble.

Verb

nubble (third-person singular simple present nubbles, present participle nubbling, simple past and past participle nubbled)

  1. (obsolete) To beat or bruise with the fist.
    • if his Master went an Hair's Breadth beyond his Duty, he was a Tyrant, that it was lawful for him to Nubble him1712, William Wagstaffe, Crispin the Cobler's Confutation of Ben H-dley

Forms of nubble

Noun
pluralnubbles
Verb
third-person singular presentnubbles
present participlenubbling
past participlenubbled
pastnubbled

Origin of nubble

Compare Low German nubben (“to knock, cuff”).

Words formed from nubble

Words that rhyme with nubble

Questions about nubble

What does nubble mean?
Nubble means to beat or bruise with the fist.
What is nubble the alternative spelling of?
Nubble is the alternative spelling of knubble.
What part of speech is nubble?
Nubble is a verb.
How do you pronounce nubble?
Nubble is pronounced /ˈnʌbəl/.
What is the past tense of nubble?
The past tense of nubble is nubbled.

Words near nubble in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nubble (page history and authors); knubble (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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