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fub - What does it mean?

Definition of 'fub'

English

Etymology 1

(en)

Alternative forms

* fob

Verb

(fubb)
  • (obsolete) To put off by trickery; to cheat.
  • * a.'' 1599 , ,
  • 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.

    Etymology 2

    Compare (fob) a pocket.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (obsolete) A plump young person or child.
  • (Smart)
    (Webster 1913)

    Similar to 'fub'

    fab, fib, fob, feeb