"fub" meaning in English

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Noun

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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 22 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

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

Download JSONL data for fub meaning in English (2.9kB)

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        "(obsolete) To steal."
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        "(obsolete) A plump young person or child."
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        "(obsolete) To steal."
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