Nibs

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Informal A person in authority, especially one who is self-important. Used with his or her: His nibs says we must do it.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Plural form of nib.
  • n. An important or self-important person.
  • n. Self.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun-plural. See his nibs under nib, n.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A nonsensical title: used in the phrase “his royal nibs.”
  • n. A nonsensical title: used in the phrase ‘his royal nibs.’
  • Word Usage
    "The Harvard-MBA-toting, former Yahoo! product designer relied on these free-flowing gab sessions--and other forms of inexpensive fact-finding like trade shows, customer surveys and industry reports--to come up with the idea for a new candy called nibs: pebble-sized cacao beans smothered in premium chocolate."
    Cross Reference
    himself   
    Variant
    nib   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Gibbs    bibbs    bibs    cribs    dibs    dribs    ribs