nib

== Translingual == === Symbol === nib (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nakame. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Nakame terms == English == === Alternative forms === knib (obsolete) === Etymology === From a variant of neb, perhaps due to association with nibble. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɪb/ Rhymes: -ɪb === Noun === nib (plural nibs) The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper. (now dialectal) A bird's beak. Alternative form: neb Synonyms: bill, pecker Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces. A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong. One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath. Synonym: thole The shaft of a wagon. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === nib (third-person singular simple present nibs, present participle nibbing, simple past and past participle nibbed) (transitive) To fit (a pen) with a nib. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === bin, Bin, ibn, NBI, bin-, BNI