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bub

US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/bʌb/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bub)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
bub /bʌb/USA pronunciation   n. [countable* usually singular] Slang.
  1. Slang Terms(used as an often very impolite term of address):"Hey, bub, move it out of here,'' he yelled at the slow-moving car.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
bub  (bub),USA pronunciation n. [Slang.]
  1. Slang Terms(used as an often insolent term of address) brother;
    buddy.
  • German Bub, short for Bube boy
  • perh. 1830–40, American.

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