Definitions for nib

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nib nib

Spelling: [nib]

IPA: /nɪb/

Nib is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 13 anagrams from letters in nib (bin).

Definitions for nib

noun

1. the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
2. a penpoint for insertion into a penholder.
3. a point of anything:
4. a bill or beak, as of a bird; neb.
5. any pointed extremity.
6. Metallurgy. a piece of sintered tungsten carbide used as a die for drawing wire or the like. (in powder metallurgy) a compact at any stage of its manufacture.
7. his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:

Origin of nib

1575-85; perhaps variant of neb; compare Dutch nib, Middle Low German nibbe (variant of nebbe) beak, Old Norse nibba sharp point. See nibble

Examples for nib

I've always looked up to you as a bit of a nib and wished I was like you.

The nearer the spring is to the end of the nib, the faster the ink flows.

When the cocoa beans are roasted, their shells crack to expose the nib, which is then ground into a thick paste.

I had like to have writ a strange ugly word, that was just at the nib of my pen.

The point d should be about 18 inch from the end of the nib.

Arms or Branches.Width of nib at start, and built-up at free end.

That should teach him to get rid of the nasty habit of sucking the nib.

For finer writing the pen should be cut with a longer slope in the nib.

They wrangled together for a few minutes, and then nib was handed over.

It might not be safe to kill him; but it would be safe enough to kill nib.