Meaning

(slang, historical) An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer..

Definitions by Sense

1. (slang, historical) An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer.
2. (slang) A woman's breast.
3. A term of familiar address; bubba; bubby.
4. A young brother; a little boy; a familiar term of address for a small boy.
5. (Australia, slang) A baby.
6. Clipping of bubble.
7. (slang) Clipping of bubbly; champagne.
8. (obsolete) To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.

Example Sentences

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.

"You can't remember your *name*? Heh. Well, NEXT time you spend a night in this berg, go easy on the bub."

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

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.

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.

You find me in da club, bottle full of bub

Out in the club and I'm sippin' that bub / And you're not gonna reach my telephone

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

Word Forms

• bubs
• bubbing
• bubbed

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Use bub when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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