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Bub
Definitions
- 1 A surname from German.
- 1 An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer. historical, slang, uncountable
"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."
- 2 A woman's breast. slang
"‘Mr. Blanford, I esteem that there is nothing more sublime in nature than a glimpse of an English lady's bubs.’"
- 3 A term of familiar address; bubba; bubby.
"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."
- 4 A baby. Australia, slang
- 5 Clipping of bubble. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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- 6 A young brother; a little boy; a familiar term of address for a small boy.
- 7 Clipping of bubbly; champagne. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
"You find me in da club, bottle full of bub"
- 1 To throw out in bubbles; to bubble. obsolete
"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"
Etymology
Probably imitative of the sound of drinking.
Contraction of bubby.
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. Other probable cognates West Frisian bobbe, German Bube (“boy”), dialectal Swedish babbe (“little boy”), English babe, baby, and bully, Dutch boef (“mischievous lad, rascal”), Middle Low German bôve, and Icelandic bófi.
Perhaps from Northern dialectal English bab, from Middle English bab, a variant of babe (“babe, baby”).
Shortened from bubble and bubbly.
Shortened from bubble and bubbly.
Borrowed from German Bub.
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