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- [nib]
- /nɪb/
- /nɪb/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [nib]
- /nɪb/
Definitions of nib word
- noun nib his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical: His nibs wants fresh strawberries in December. 1
- noun nib The pointed end part of a pen, which distributes the ink on the writing surface. 1
- noun nib writing point of a pen 1
- countable noun nib A nib is a pointed piece of metal at the end of some pens, which controls the flow of ink as you write. 0
- noun nib the writing point of a pen, esp an insertable tapered metal part with a split tip 0
- noun nib a point, tip, or beak 0
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Origin of nib
First appearance:
before 1575 One of the 34% oldest English words
1575-85; perhaps variant of neb; compare Dutch nib, Middle Low German nibbe (variant of nebbe) beak, Old Norse nibba sharp point. See nibble
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Parts of speech for Nib
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
nib popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
nib usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for nib
noun nib
- tip — Eugene (Gladstone) 1888–1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
- point — a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
- end — Come or bring to a final point; finish.
- snout — the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- bill — A bill is a written statement of money that you owe for goods or services.
Antonyms for nib
noun nib
- coin — A coin is a small piece of metal which is used as money.
- bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
- beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- birth — When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.
- cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
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