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bub

noun

  1. semi-friendly term of address (for male person)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bʌb/ / /bɐb/ / /bʊb/

name

Etymology: Borrowed from German Bub.

  1. A surname from German.

noun

Etymology: Shortened from bubble and bubbly.

  1. Clipping of bubble.
  2. Clipping of bubbly; champagne.

    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

verb

Etymology: Shortened from bubble and bubbly.

  1. To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.

    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