bub
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably imitative of the sound of drinking.
Noun edit
bub (uncountable)
- (slang, historical) An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer.
- 1838, Samuel Morewood, A Philosophical and Statistical History of the Inventions and Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations in the Manufacture and Use of Inebriating Liquors, page 662:
- Bub is made from ground barley and strong worts, and sometimes from strong small worts from the coolers, properly blended and boiled with some hops, in the proportion of one pound to a barrel of worts.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Contraction of bubby.
Noun edit
bub (plural bubs)
- (slang) A woman's breast.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Penguin, published 2004, page 631:
- ‘Mr. Blanford, I esteem that there is nothing more sublime in nature than a glimpse of an English lady's bubs.’
Etymology 3 edit
Either a corruption of brother, a modification of bud, or a borrowing from Pennsylvania German Bub or Southern German Bub (as was spoken in various communities in America before the early 20th century), ultimately thought to be derived from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“close [male] relation”) and thus cognate to English boy and babe.
Noun edit
bub (plural bubs)
- A term of familiar address; bubba; bubby.
- 1857, T. B. Aldrich, What Jedd Pallfry found in the Coffin: The Knickerbocker, volume 49, page 23:
- So he changed his brusque manner, and inquired, in a tone which was intended to be extremely conciliatory :
‘ What′s your name, bub ? ’
‘ The last one, Sir ? ’ asked bub, looking up.
- 1857, Clara Augusta, Mrs. Peter Dame, George R. Graham, Graham′s Illustrated Magazine, Volume 50, page 398,
- Mrs. Peter filled her pocket with the cherries — “ Victoria and bub are so fond of them!” and we scrambled into the wagon.
- A young brother; a little boy; a familiar term of address for a small boy.
Etymology 4 edit
Perhaps from Northern dialectal English bab, from Middle English bab, a variant of babe (“babe, baby”).
Noun edit
bub (plural bubs)
Etymology 5 edit
Shortened from bubble and bubbly.
Noun edit
bub (plural bubs)
- Clipping of bubble.
- (slang) Clipping of bubbly; champagne.
- 2003, “In da Club”, in Get Rich or Die Tryin', performed by 50 Cent:
- You find me in da club, bottle full of bub
Verb edit
bub (third-person singular simple present bubs, present participle bubbing, simple past and past participle bubbed)
- (obsolete) To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.
- 1563, Thomas Sackville, The Induction:
- We passed on so far forth till we saw
Rude Acheron, a loathsome lake to tell,
That boils and bubs up swelth as black as hell
Meriam edit
Noun edit
bub
Palauan edit
Etymology edit
From Pre-Palauan *bubu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bub
References edit
- bub in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
- bub in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
- bub in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 28.
Volapük edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bub (nominative plural bubs)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- bubajep
- bubajiedot
- bubaküir
- bubaküirik
- bubalog
- bubamit
- bubamitaruläd
- bubapäst
- bubapif
- bubapifapomad
- bubapinod
- bubaströin (Tabanus bovinus)
- bubem
- bubibrid
- bubibridan
- bubigaledan
- bubik
- bubül
- bubülablöted
- bubülafoldil
- bubülajeletin
- bubülakap
- bubülakötotil
- bubülaküir
- bubülaküirik
- bubülamitablögäd
- bubülaribot
- bubülaribotül
- bubülaroin
- bubülaskin
- bubülatüim
- bubülik
- bubülimotön
- hibub
- hibubik
- hibubül
- hobub
- jibub
- jibubik
- jibubül
- jobub
- pagabahobub
- salodabubamit
- sugabubül
- vielabub