Definitions

neb

[neb] / nɛb /

ADJECTIVE

hebetudinous

Synonyms

WEAK

apathetic blah comatose debilitated dilatory dopey dormant draggy drowsy dull enervated having spring fever heavy idle impassive inactive indifferent inert lackadaisical laggard laid-back languid languorous listless moony

NOUN

beak

Synonyms

STRONGEST

snout

STRONG

bill mandible muzzle nib nozzle pecker proboscis projection prow

NOUN

bill

Synonyms

STRONG

mandible nib pecker projection

NOUN

end

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deadline edge point term top

STRONG

borderline bound boundary confine cusp extent extremity foot head heel limitation nib prong spire stub stump tail terminal termination terminus tip ultimate

Antonyms

STRONG

bottom

WEAK

beginning birth cause commencement construction creation foundation means opening origin start

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Kennedy sprinkles in more idiomatic vocabulary — geg, neb, snatter, wheeker, pokes, marleys — to make her characters’ exchanges ring true.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2022

Here you can find neb noses and gum bands and people eating chipped ham.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 22, 2014

Physicians insisted on keeping the archiepiscopal neb in an ice pack all night.

From Time Magazine Archive

Observed Phillips of his neb: "I am not ashamed."

From Time Magazine Archive

“Weigh it? I have nothing but the sweep here, neb Goldsmith.”

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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