bub — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer.

   Usage

   • Historical
   • Slang
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   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."

Noun

1. A woman's breast.

   Usage

   • Slang

   Examples

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

Noun

1. A term of familiar address; bubba; bubby.

   Examples

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   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.

   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.

2. A young brother; a little boy; a familiar term of address for a small boy.

Noun

1. A baby.

   Usage

   • Australia
   • Slang

Verb

1. To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   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