Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

strub

/stɹˈʌb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: strub
IPA: /stɹˈʌb/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

verb

To rob, plunder; clear out completely; to strip.

British usage

Example Sentences

""[…] I mind a year ago, when I found a gladdy's nest and strubbed it, he catched me blowing the eggs to put along with others for a necklace for Jonathan French's sister, and, if he could have done it, he'd have given me a proper hiding.""

Etymology

Origin obscure. Perhaps from Middle English strupen, a variant of strepen (“to strip, rob, plunder”), from Old English *strȳpan (attested in Old English bestrȳpan (“to strip, rob, spoil, bereave”), whence English bestrip). More at strip.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: strupen, *strȳpan

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

Strubs (plural) strubs (present, singular) strubbing (participle, present) strubbed (participle, past) strubbed (past)

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce strub?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɹˈʌb/.
What does strub mean?: A surname.
Where does strub come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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