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Is bub a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bub is a Scrabble US word. The word bub is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

B3U1B3

Is bub a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bub is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

B3U1B3

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Yes. The word bub is a Words With Friends word. The word bub is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4U2B4

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BUB,

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Definitions and meaning of bub

bub

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bʌb/
  • Rhymes: -ʌb

Etymology 1

Probably imitative of the sound of drinking.

Noun

bub (uncountable)

  1. (slang, historical) An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer.
Derived terms
  • grub and bub

Etymology 2

Contraction of bubby.

Noun

bub (plural bubs)

  1. (slang) A woman's breast.

Etymology 3

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.

Noun

bub (plural bubs)

  1. A term of familiar address; bubba; bubby.
    • 1857, Clara Augusta, Mrs. Peter Dame, George R. Graham, Graham′s Illustrated Magazine, Volume 50, page 398,
      Mrs. Peter filled her pocket with the cherries — “ Victoria and bub are so fond of them!” and we scrambled into the wagon.
  2. A young brother; a little boy; a familiar term of address for a small boy.

Etymology 4

Perhaps from Northern dialectal English bab, from Middle English bab, a variant of babe (“babe, baby”).

Noun

bub (plural bubs)

  1. (Australia, slang) A baby.

Etymology 5

Shortened from bubble and bubbly.

Noun

bub (plural bubs)

  1. Clipping of bubble.
  2. (slang) Clipping of bubbly; champagne.

Verb

bub (third-person singular simple present bubs, present participle bubbing, simple past and past participle bubbed)

  1. (obsolete) To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.

Meriam

Noun

bub

  1. chest

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *bubu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Pronunciation

Noun

bub

  1. fish trap

References

  • bub in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
  • bub in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
  • bub in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 28.

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bub]

Noun

bub (nominative plural bubs)

  1. (male or female) bovine (animal), bull, cow

Declension

Synonyms

  • jixol (dated)
  • smakun (dated)
  • smaxol (dated)
  • xoil (dated)
  • xol (dated)

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