Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doob

/duːb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: doob
IPA: /duːb/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncountable

noun

A marijuana cigarette.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Doob is a shallow rooted plant and obtains its food from the surface layer of soil; most of the other grasses, with which it has to compete, such as motha (Cyperus rotundus), dabhi (Imperata arundinacea) and rari (Saccharum spontaneum) are comparatively deep-rooted; […]"
"I don't smoke doobs and I don't really hang out."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi दूब (dūb). Doublet of durva.

Usage

Inflected Forms

doobs (plural)

Derived Forms

doobage

Synonyms

Bermuda grass doobie joint reefer spliff score bifta bifter blunt bogie bomber bone

Rhymes With

tube cube boob lube noob rube nub pube newb haboob jube moob

Questions

How do you pronounce doob?: The recorded pronunciation is /duːb/.
What does doob mean?: Doob grass.
Where does doob come from?: Borrowed from Hindi दूब (dūb). Doublet of durva.

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