nib

Plural: nibs

Noun

• the writing point of a pen
• horny projecting mouth of a bird
• The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
• A bird's beak.
• 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.
• The shaft of a wagon.

Verb

Verb Forms: nibbed, nibbing, nibs

• To furnish with a penpoint or to sharpen a pen's writing tip.
• To fit (a pen) with a nib.

Examples

• He had to nib his pen before carefully writing down his high Scrabble score.

Synonyms

beak, bill, neb, pecker, pen nib, thole

Anagrams of nib