different between bub vs gub

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Etymology 1

Probably imitative of the sound of drinking.

Noun

bub (uncountable)

1. (slang, historical) An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer.
   • 1838, Samuel Morewood, A Philosophical and Statistical History of the Inventions and Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations in the Manufacture and Use of Inebriating Liquors, page 662,

     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.

Etymology 2

Contraction of bubby.

Noun

bub (plural bubs)

1. (slang) A woman's breast.
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Penguin 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 631:

     ‘Mr. Blanford, I esteem that there is nothing more sublime in nature than a glimpse of an English lady's bubs.’

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 *b?- (“close [male] relation”) and thus cognate to English boy and babe.

Noun

bub (plural bubs)

1. A term of familiar address; bubba; bubby.
   • 1857, T. B. Aldrich, What Jedd Pallfry found in the Coffin, The Knickerbocker, Volume 49, page 23,

     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.

   • 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

Noun

bub (plural bubs)

1. (Australia, slang) A baby.

Etymology 5

Shortened from bubble and bubbly.

Noun

bub (plural bubs)

1. Abbreviation of bubble.
2. (slang) champagne; bubbly.
   • 2003, 50 Cent, "In da Club":

     "You find me in da club, bottle full of bub"

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.
   • 1563, Thomas Sackville, The Induction

     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

Meriam

Noun

bub

1. chest

Palauan

Etymology

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

Noun

bub

1. fish trap

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)

Derived terms

Related terms

English

Noun

gub (plural gubs)

1. (Scotland slang) Mouth.
   • 1994, "The acid House", Irvine Welsh, in Eurotrash:

     "...fucked-up Yank who's too screwed up to lift a forkful of scran into her gub?"

Synonyms

• (mouth): gob

Verb

gub (third-person singular simple present gubs, present participle gubbing, simple past and past participle gubbed)

1. (slang) To defeat.

   We just got gubbed 5-1.

Anagrams

• Bug, bug

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?up/

Verb

gub

1. second-person singular imperative of gubi?

Somali

Verb

gub

1. to burn