sub
/sʌb/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
Clipping of submersible.
noun
Clipping of subscription (“a payment made for membership of a club, etc.”).
British usage; Informal
noun
Clipping of subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does)
Example Sentences
- "You know, we got Russian subs creepin' around; anythin' goes wrong they can say whatever they want happened! Give their folks medals!"
- "We can get subs at that deli."
- "With the score 4 to 1, they brought in subs."
- "She worked as a sub until she got her teaching certificate."
- "At any other school you would be playing varsity, and Wallace has you pigeon-holed on the subs." "Maybe he has his reasons," Jim replied. "And he hasn't pigeon-holed me on the subs yet — not this season."
- "According to the best available information, GALAXY has several times as many subs as any other science fiction magazine!"
Etymology
Usage
- Informal
- British usage
- Colloquial
- Slang
- Dated
- American usage
- Transitive verb
- Intransitive verb