Words that rhyme with flub
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bathtub
n 1: a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body [syn: bathtub, bathing tub, bath, tub] -
chub
n 1: European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body [syn: chub, Leuciscus cephalus] -
club
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" -
cub
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" -
drub
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] -
dub
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] -
grub
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 -
hub
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" -
hubbub
n 1: loud confused noise from many sources [syn: hubbub, uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer] -
nightclub
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] -
nub
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] -
pub
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] -
rub
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] -
scrub
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] -
shrub
n 1: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems [syn: shrub, bush] -
snub
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] -
stub
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" -
sub
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] -
syllabub
n 1: spiced hot milk with rum or wine [syn: syllabub, sillabub] 2: sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor [syn: syllabub, sillabub] -
tub
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] -
washtub
n 1: a tub in which clothes or linens can be washed -
blub
v 1: cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!" [syn: snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle] -
slub
n 1: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design [syn: slub, knot, burl] -
undershrub
n 1: a low shrub -
beelzebub
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] -
bub
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See also flub definition and flub synonyms
