neb1
/nɛb
/noun Scottish & Northern English
1A nose, snout, or bird’s beak.Apart from my neb, I'm really not that bad looking, but whenever I'm talking to anyone they just can't help staring at it....
- Keep your cocky neb out and concentrate on playing your grandad tournaments and pretending to be a panto queen.
1.1The peak of a cap.The fellow had his cap on back to front just as you did when you were milking by hand as it meant your head fitted more snuggly into the cow's flank without the cap neb being in the way.
Origin
Old English nebb, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch neb(be); compare with nib.
NEB2
abbreviation
1(In the UK) National Enterprise Board.
2New English Bible.
- play one's cards close to one's chest
- play one's cards right
- play one's cards right (or well)
- play oneself in
- play (or act) the fool
- play (or keep) one's cards close to one's chest (or vest)
- play (or play it) safe (or for safety)
- play (or raise) hob
- play (or sing or practise) scales
- play (or use) the —— card
- play out
- play-party
- playpen
- play-play
- play politics
- play possum
- play-pretty
- playroom
- playscape
- playscheme
- playschool
- play-season
- play second fiddle
- play-seer
- playset