"strub" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: strubs [present, singular, third-person], strubbing [participle, present], strubbed [participle, past], strubbed [past]
Etymology: Origin obscure. Perhaps from Middle English strupen, a variant of strepen (“to strip, rob, plunder”), from Old English *strȳpan (attested in Old English bestrȳpan (“to strip, rob, spoil, bereave”), whence English bestrip). More at strip. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|obscure}} obscure, {{inh|en|enm|strupen}} Middle English strupen, {{m|enm|strepen|t=to strip, rob, plunder}} strepen (“to strip, rob, plunder”), {{inh|en|ang|*strȳpan}} Old English *strȳpan, {{cog|ang|bestrȳpan|t=to strip, rob, spoil, bereave}} Old English bestrȳpan (“to strip, rob, spoil, bereave”), {{cog|en|bestrip}} English bestrip, {{m|en|strip}} strip Head templates: {{en-verb}} strub (third-person singular simple present strubs, present participle strubbing, simple past and past participle strubbed)
  1. (UK, dialect, transitive, intransitive) To rob, plunder; clear out completely; to strip. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-strub-en-verb-Mcm-uYgz Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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