different between gab vs gub
gab
English
Etymology
From Middle English gabben, from Old English gabban (“to scoff, mock, delude, jest”) and Old Norse gabba (“to mock, make sport of”); both from Proto-Germanic *gabb?n? (“to mock, jest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to be split, be forked, gape”). Cognate with Scots gab (“to mock, prate”), North Frisian gabben (“to jest, sport”), Middle Dutch gabben (“to mock”), Middle Low German gabben (“to jest, have fun”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æb/
- Rhymes: -æb
Noun
gab (countable and uncountable, plural gabs)
- Idle chatter.
- The mouth or gob.
- One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:talkative
Derived terms
- bafflegab
- begab
- gabby
- gift of the gab
Translations
Verb
gab (third-person singular simple present gabs, present participle gabbing, simple past and past participle gabbed)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie.
- (intransitive) To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.
- (transitive, obsolete) To speak or tell falsely.
Translations
Anagrams
- ABG, AGB, BGA, GBA, bag
Amanab
Noun
gab
- a large dove
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse gap, verbal noun to gapa (“to gape”).
Noun
gab n (singular definite gabet, plural indefinite gab)
- mouth, jaws
- yawn
- gap
Inflection
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?p/
- Rhymes: -a?p
Verb
gab
- first/third-person singular preterite of geben
Old French
Alternative forms
- gaab
- gap
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse gabb.
Noun
gab m (oblique plural gas, nominative singular gas, nominative plural gab)
- joke
Related terms
- gaber
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (gab)
- gab on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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gub
English
Noun
gub (plural gubs)
- (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?"
- 1994, "The acid House", Irvine Welsh, in Eurotrash:
Synonyms
- (mouth): gob
Verb
gub (third-person singular simple present gubs, present participle gubbing, simple past and past participle gubbed)
- (slang) To defeat.
- We just got gubbed 5-1.
Anagrams
- Bug, bug
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?up/
Verb
gub
- second-person singular imperative of gubi?
Somali
Verb
gub
- to burn
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