whoobub

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːbʌb/

Noun

whoobub (plural not attested)

1. Obsolete form of hubbub.
   • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     had not the old man come in with a whoobub against his daughter and the king's son […]

References

• “whoobub”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.