nuppi — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bean noun The edible seed of various pod-bearing plants, or the pod itself, eaten as a vegetable.
- block noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
- butt noun A person's buttocks.
- head noun The part of the body containing the brain, eyes, and mouth.
- nob noun A informal, often mildly mocking British term for a wealthy or upper-class person.
- nut noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.
- pommel noun The upper front brow of a saddle.
- top noun The highest point or part of something.
- truck noun A large motor vehicle used for carrying goods.
Senses
nuppi is used for these senses in English:
- bean (slang) The head or brain.
- block (slang) The human head.
- butt (lacrosse) The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
- cascabel A knob at the end of a cannon, cast onto the gun breech, to which a heavy rope is attached in order to control recoil.
- finial (by extension) Any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object such as a canopy, a fencepost, a flagpole, a curtain rod, or the newel post of a staircase.
- head (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- nob (now only in, _, slang) The head.
- nut (musical instruments, lutherie) On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.
bean — full definition
- noun The edible seed of various pod-bearing plants, or the pod itself, eaten as a vegetable.
- verb Informally, to hit someone with a thrown object, especially on the head.
block — full definition
- noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
- noun A section of a city bounded by streets, or the distance along one such section.
- noun Something that stops progress or prevents access.
- verb To obstruct or prevent something from passing or happening.
- verb To stop someone from contacting you online.