different between shab vs shabu

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English shabbe, schabbe, from Old English s?eabb, from Proto-West Germanic *skabb, from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz. See scab.

Noun

shab (countable and uncountable, plural shabs)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) Scabies.
2. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A scab.

Verb

shab (third-person singular simple present shabs, present participle shabbing, simple past and past participle shabbed)

1. (obsolete) To scratch; to rub.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Farquhar to this entry?)

Etymology 2

See scab.

Verb

shab (third-person singular simple present shabs, present participle shabbing, simple past and past participle shabbed)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To play mean tricks; to act shabbily.

Anagrams

• AHBs, Bahs, Bash, HABs, HBAs, Habs, bahs, bash, habs

English

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Japanese ??? (“stimulant: amphetamine, methamphetamine”), in turn possibly from the verb ???? (shaburu, “to suck on something”), from the way that the addictiveness of the drugs sucks in the user.

Noun

shabu (uncountable)

1. (slang, drugs, Asia, mainly Indonesia and Philippines) methedrine; methamphetamine
   • 1997, Alfred A. Yuson, FVR, Sin, Erap, Jawô and other peeves, Anvil Books

     […] burning or hammer-smashing of confiscated paraphernalia, however these be illegal — such as marijuana, plastic bags of shabu, pinball machines, video arcade equipment — since such acts of showmanship only lend themselves to media […]

   • 2017 August 1, Mario Casayuran, Manila Bulletin, "Customs payola: P147 B?"

     […] some P6.4 billion worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu was slipped passed the BOC through its automated classification system.

Anagrams

• Busha, Shaub, bahus, habus, subah

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??abu], [?sabu]

Noun

shabu

1. (slang, drugs) Alternative form of sabu (“methedrine; methamphetamine”)

Japanese

Romanization

shabu

1. R?maji transcription of ???
2. R?maji transcription of ???

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??? (?shabu) ("stimulant").

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sha?bu
• IPA^(key): /sja?bu/, [???bu]

Noun

shabú

1. (slang, drugs) methamphetamine; crystal meth
   • 2000, Tomas F. Agulto, Sa. Ba. Tri: sa masaganang milenyo ?ISBN

     Nakakaramdam siya ng pagnanasa. Mas masidhi ang sumpong ng isang taong bitin o kulang sa sex. Lalo na kung kargado sa gamot o bumatak ng shabu. Tulad ngayong solong nagmumukmok ang kanyang laman.

     He has sexual desire toward her. The temperament of a person lacking in sex is more intense, especially when he is high on [illegal] drugs or he sniffed shabu, like right now, when his body is sulking solo.

   • 2017 July 11, Jamil Santos, '"4 na drug suspect na nanlaban daw sa mga pulis, patay sa buy-bust operation", GMA News

     Nakuha sa mga suspek ang cal .45 baril, tatlong improvised shotgun at mga sachet ng hinihinalang shabu, at marked money [...]

     [The police] confiscated a .45-caliber [pistol], three improvised shotguns and sachets of suspected shabu, and marked money from the suspects.

Synonyms

• (methamphetamine): bato