Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used as a term of familiar address, especially for a man or boy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A substitute for yeast, prepared by mixing meal or flour with a little yeast in a quantity of warm wort and water.
- noun Strong drink of any kind; liquor, especially malt liquor.
- To throw out in bubbles.
- noun A woman's breast.
- noun A boy: used in familiar address.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Cant Strong malt liquor.
- noun A young brother; a little boy; -- a familiar term of address of a small boy.
- transitive verb obsolete To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun slang, historical An alcoholic malt liquor, especially
beer . - noun A woman's
breast . - noun A term of
familiar address ;bubba ;bubby . - noun Australia, slang A
baby . - noun slang
champagne ;bubbly . - verb obsolete To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The hug a bub is a very secure carrier, (we hope to stock it in the new year) or the moby is a cheaper version.
Born at Home 2006
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My bub is almost 10 mnths, has never slept thru the night and everything you just said about Jasper could have been about my Henry.
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I don't understand what all the hub bub is about VM?
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If you are thinking of getting an MFA in creative writing, planning on getting an MFA or just want to keep track of what the hub-bub is about, then The Creative Writing Handbook blog is for you.
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In its latest dev diary, Raven Software discusses the settings for conflicts that shaped our little feral boy into the 'bub'-spewing man of today.
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In its latest dev diary, Raven Software discusses the settings for conflicts that shaped our little feral boy into the 'bub'-spewing man of today.
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Let me clue you in bub: acting like some latte-sucking snob from the Upper West Side doesn’t mean you’re educated or intelligent.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Reinhardt’s Dig on Sarah Palin 2010
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Let me clue you in bub: acting like some latte-sucking snob from the Upper West Side doesn’t mean you’re educated or intelligent.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Reinhardt’s Dig on Sarah Palin 2010
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Let me clue you in bub: acting like some latte-sucking snob from the Upper West Side doesn’t mean you’re educated or intelligent.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Reinhardt’s Dig on Sarah Palin 2010
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That can’t be what all the hub bub is about, that’s a terrible video any teen could make.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Alien Video To Be Revealed 2008
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