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bathtub
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n 1: a relatively large open container that you fill with water
and use to wash the body [syn: bathtub, bathing tub,
bath, tub]
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chub
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n 1: European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped
body [syn: chub, Leuciscus cephalus]
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club
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n 1: a team of professional baseball players who play and travel
together; "each club played six home games with teams in
its own division" [syn: baseball club, ball club,
club, nine]
2: a formal association of people with similar interests; "he
joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society";
"men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen
today" [syn: club, social club, society, guild,
gild, lodge, order]
3: stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in
self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club"
4: a building that is occupied by a social club; "the clubhouse
needed a new roof" [syn: clubhouse, club]
5: golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball [syn:
golf club, golf-club, club]
6: a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black
trefoils on it; "he led a small club"; "clubs were trumps"
7: a spot that is open late at night and that provides
entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and
food and drink; "don't expect a good meal at a cabaret"; "the
gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs
every night"; "he played the drums at a jazz club" [syn:
cabaret, nightclub, night club, club, nightspot]
v 1: unite with a common purpose; "The two men clubbed together"
2: gather and spend time together; "They always club together"
3: strike with a club or a bludgeon [syn: club, bludgeon]
4: gather into a club-like mass; "club hair"
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cub
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n 1: an awkward and inexperienced youth [syn: cub,
greenhorn, rookie]
2: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) [syn:
cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy]
3: the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or
wolf or lion [syn: cub, young carnivore]
v 1: give birth to cubs; "bears cub every year"
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drub
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v 1: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight;
"We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: cream, bat,
clobber, drub, thrash, lick]
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dub
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n 1: the new sounds added by dubbing
v 1: give a nickname to [syn: dub, nickname]
2: provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
3: raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted"
[syn: knight, dub]
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flub
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n 1: an embarrassing mistake [syn: blunder, blooper,
bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup,
flub, botch, boner, boo-boo]
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle,
fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up,
bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,
fuck up]
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grub
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n 1: informal terms for a meal [syn: chow, chuck, eats,
grub]
2: a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other
insects
v 1: ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: mooch, bum,
cadge, grub, sponge]
2: search about busily
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hub
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n 1: the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc)
through which the shaft or axle passes
2: a center of activity or interest or commerce or
transportation; a focal point around which events revolve;
"the playground is the hub of parental supervision"; "the
airport is the economic hub of the area"
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hubbub
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n 1: loud confused noise from many sources [syn: hubbub,
uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer]
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nightclub
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n 1: a spot that is open late at night and that provides
entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing
and food and drink; "don't expect a good meal at a
cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got his information by
visiting nightclubs every night"; "he played the drums at a
jazz club" [syn: cabaret, nightclub, night club,
club, nightspot]
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nub
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n 1: a small lump or protuberance [syn: nub, nubble]
2: a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" [syn:
nub, stub]
3: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument";
"the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the
story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center,
centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul,
inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-
gritty]
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pub
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n 1: tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public
rooms; often provides light meals [syn: public house,
pub, saloon, pothouse, gin mill, taphouse]
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rub
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n 1: an unforeseen obstacle [syn: hang-up, hitch, rub,
snag]
2: the act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub"
[syn: rub, wipe]
v 1: move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil
into her skin"
2: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: rub, fray,
fret, chafe, scratch]
3: scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your
insect bites!" [syn: rub, scratch, itch]
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scrub
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adj 1: (of domestic animals) not selectively bred
n 1: dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
[syn: scrub, chaparral, bush]
2: the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and
soap and water [syn: scrub, scrubbing, scouring]
v 1: clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back" [syn:
scrub, scour]
2: wash thoroughly; "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation"
[syn: scrub, scrub up]
3: postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled;
"Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had
to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the
chair is ill" [syn: cancel, call off, scratch, scrub]
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shrub
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n 1: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major
stems [syn: shrub, bush]
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snub
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adj 1: unusually short; "a snub nose"
n 1: an instance of driving away or warding off [syn: rebuff,
snub, repulse]
2: a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was
clearly intentional" [syn: snub, cut, cold shoulder]
v 1: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
[syn: ignore, disregard, snub, cut]
2: reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" [syn:
rebuff, snub, repel]
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stub
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n 1: a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch
is lost
2: a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" [syn:
nub, stub]
3: a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
[syn: stub, ticket stub]
4: the part of a check that is retained as a record [syn:
stub, check stub, counterfoil]
5: the small unused part of something (especially the end of a
cigarette that is left after smoking) [syn: butt, stub]
v 1: pull up (weeds) by their roots
2: extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigarette now"
3: clear of weeds by uprooting them; "stub a field"
4: strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; "She
stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"
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sub
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n 1: a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split
lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and
onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used
in different sections of the United States [syn: bomber,
grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy,
Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub,
submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge,
zep]
2: a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes [syn:
submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boat]
v 1: be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for
the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--
we are on a strict diet" [syn: substitute, sub, stand
in, fill in]
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syllabub
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n 1: spiced hot milk with rum or wine [syn: syllabub,
sillabub]
2: sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor [syn: syllabub,
sillabub]
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tub
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n 1: a relatively large open container that you fill with water
and use to wash the body [syn: bathtub, bathing tub,
bath, tub]
2: a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids [syn:
tub, vat]
3: the amount that a tub will hold; "a tub of water" [syn:
tub, tubful]
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washtub
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n 1: a tub in which clothes or linens can be washed
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blub
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v 1: cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got
yourself into this mess!" [syn: snivel, sniffle,
blubber, blub, snuffle]
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slub
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n 1: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection
or created by design [syn: slub, knot, burl]
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sillabub
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n 1: spiced hot milk with rum or wine [syn: syllabub,
sillabub]
2: sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor [syn: syllabub,
sillabub]
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undershrub
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n 1: a low shrub
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beelzebub
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n 1: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of
evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of
Hell [syn: Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer,
Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness]
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bubb
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chubb
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clubb
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grubb
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jubb
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strub
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strubbe
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stubbe
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tubb
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