Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fub

/fʌb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: fub
IPA: /fʌb/

8

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To put off by trickery; to cheat.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

Obsolete

noun

A plump young person or child.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"A hundred mark is a long score for a poor lone woman to bear : and I have borne, and borne, and borne ; and have been fubbed off, and fubbed off, and fubbed off, from this day to that day, that it is a shame to be thought on."
"'Tis he that I told you is to marry my Indian Fubs of a Sister."

Etymology

Variant of fob (“cheat, trick”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

fubs (present, singular) fubbing (participle, present) fubbed (participle, past) fubbed (past) fob (alternative) fubs (plural)

Derived Forms

fubbery fubby fubsy

Phrases

fub off

Frequently Paired Words

phub

Rhymes With

club sub pub hub rub tub scrub dub cub shrub grub stub

Questions

How do you pronounce fub?: The recorded pronunciation is /fʌb/.
What does fub mean?: To put off by trickery; to cheat.
Where does fub come from?: Variant of fob (“cheat, trick”).

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