bub.
An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer.
Meaning & usage
An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer.
Where this word comes from
Probably imitative of the sound of drinking.
A woman's breast.
Where this word comes from
Contraction of bubby.
A term of familiar address; bubba; bubby.
A young brother; a little boy; a familiar term of address for a small boy.
Where this word comes from
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 *bō- (“close [male] relation”) and thus cognate to English boy and babe. Other probable cognates West Frisian bobbe, German Bube (“boy”), dialectal Swedish babbe (“little boy”), English babe, baby, and bully, Dutch boef (“mischievous lad, rascal”), Middle Low German bôve, and Icelandic bófi.
A baby.
Where this word comes from
Perhaps from Northern dialectal English bab, from Middle English bab, a variant of babe (“babe, baby”).
To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.
Where this word comes from
Shortened from bubble and bubbly.
Clipping of bubble.
Clipping of bubbly; champagne.
Where this word comes from
Shortened from bubble and bubbly.
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