"fub" meaning in All languages combined

See fub on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /fʌb/, /fʊb/ [Ireland, Northern-England] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fub.wav Forms: fubs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌb Etymology: Compare fob (“a pocket”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} fub (plural fubs)
  1. (obsolete) A plump young person or child. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: fubby, fubsy Related terms: phub (english: to ignore due to activity on one's cellphone)
    Sense id: en-fub-en-noun-guyD9Ndd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 20 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 18 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 10 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /fʌb/, /fʊb/ [Ireland, Northern-England] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fub.wav Forms: fubs [present, singular, third-person], fubbing [participle, present], fubbed [participle, past], fubbed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌb Head templates: {{en-verb}} fub (third-person singular simple present fubs, present participle fubbing, simple past and past participle fubbed)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To put off by trickery; to cheat. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-fub-en-verb-mhEtX6hh
  2. (obsolete) To steal. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-fub-en-verb-V6eOpCNB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fob Derived forms: fub off, fubbery
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fub off"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fubbery"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fubs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fubbing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fubbed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fubbed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):",
          "text": "A hundred mark is a long score for a poor lone woman to bear : and I have borne, and borne, and borne ; and have been fubbed off, and fubbed off, and fubbed off, from this day to that day, that it is a shame to be thought on.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put off by trickery; to cheat."
      ],
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          "trickery",
          "trickery"
        ],
        [
          "cheat",
          "cheat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To put off by trickery; to cheat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To steal."
      ],
      "id": "en-fub-en-verb-V6eOpCNB",
      "links": [
        [
          "steal",
          "steal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To steal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fʌb/"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fʊb/",
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "Northern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌb"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fob"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Compare fob (“a pocket”).",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "name": "en-noun"
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "77 20 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 18 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 10 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "fubby"
        },
        {
          "word": "fubsy"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1685, John Crowne, Sir Courtly Nice:",
          "text": "'Tis he that I told you is to marry my Indian Fubs of a Sister.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A plump young person or child."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A plump young person or child."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "to ignore due to activity on one's cellphone",
          "word": "phub"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fʊb/",
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        "Ireland",
        "Northern-England"
      ]
    },
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    }
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    "English nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌb",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌb/1 syllable"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fub off"
    },
    {
      "word": "fubbery"
    }
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      "form": "fubs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fubbing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fubbed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fubbed",
      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        }
      ],
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        "To put off by trickery; to cheat."
      ],
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          "trickery",
          "trickery"
        ],
        [
          "cheat",
          "cheat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To put off by trickery; to cheat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To steal."
      ],
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        [
          "steal",
          "steal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To steal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fʌb/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fʊb/",
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "Northern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌb"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fob"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fub"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌb",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌb/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fubby"
    },
    {
      "word": "fubsy"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Compare fob (“a pocket”).",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "word": "phub"
    }
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        "A plump young person or child."
      ],
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        "(obsolete) A plump young person or child."
      ],
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      ]
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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/fʊb/",
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        "Ireland",
        "Northern-England"
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