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nubbling

nubbling is the present participle and gerund of nubble.

Meaning of nubble

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

Questions about nubbling

What is nubbling the present participle and gerund of?
Nubbling is the present participle and gerund of nubble.

Words near nubbling in the dictionary

  1. nubbles
  2. nubblet
  3. nubblets
  4. nubblier
  5. nubbliest
  6. nubbling
  7. nubbly
  8. nubby
  9. nubcake
  10. nubcakes
  11. nubcakez

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