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sleb

English

Etymology

A slurring of celeb, itself a shortening of celebrity

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sl?b/
  • Rhymes: -?b

Noun

sleb (plural slebs)

  1. (slang, slightly derogatory) A celebrity.

Anagrams

  • ESBL, bels, lesb

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?sle?b?], (colloquial) IPA(key): [?slew?]

Verb

sleb

  1. past tense of slibe

Old Irish

Noun

sleb

  1. Alternative spelling of sléb

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slub

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sl?b/
  • Rhymes: -?b

Noun

slub (plural slubs)

  1. A small thickened portion or knot found on linen yarn, caused by defects.
  2. Fabric fiber produced by slubbing.

Verb

slub (third-person singular simple present slubs, present participle slubbing, simple past and past participle slubbed)

  1. To draw and twist fibers in order to prepare them for spinning.

Related terms

  • slubber
  • slubbings
  • slubbing billy

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
  • Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

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