NIBS

Etymology 1

See nib

Noun

nibs

plural of nib

Etymology 2

Noun

nibs (plural nibs)

(slang, UK, after possessive pronoun) An important or self-important person.

(slang, UK, dated, 19th century, after possessive pronoun) Self.

(cribbage) a jack turned up by the dealer. (see also nob)

Anagrams

• ISBN, NiSb, bins, snib

Source: Wiktionary


NIB

Nib, n. Etym: [A variabt of neb.]

1. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong. "The little nib or fructifying principle." Sir T. Browne.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.

3. The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder.

4. One of the handles which project from a scythe snath; also, [Prov. Eng.], the shaft of a wagon.

Nib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nebbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nibbing.]

Definition: To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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RUNNER

(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; “he sent a runner over with the contract”


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