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(slang, historical) An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer.
* 1838 , Samuel Morewood, A Philosophical and Statistical History of the Inventions and Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations in the Manufacture and Use of Inebriating Liquors ,
A woman's breast.
* 1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Penguin 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 631:
*:‘Mr. Blanford, I esteem that there is nothing more sublime in nature than a glimpse of an English lady's bubs .’
A term of familiar address; bubba; bubby.
* 1857 , T. B. Aldrich, What Jedd Pallfry found in the Coffin'', '' , Volume 49,
* 1857 , Clara Augusta, Mrs. Peter Dame'', George R. Graham, ''Graham?s Illustrated Magazine , Volume 50,
A young brother; a little boy; a familiar term of address for a small boy.
Lacking a definition or value.
(mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
As a noun bub
is boy, lad.As an adjective undefined is
lacking a definition or value.bub
English
Etymology 1
Probably imitative of the sound of drinking.Noun
(-)page 662,
- Bub is made from ground barley and strong worts, and sometimes from strong small worts from the coolers, properly blended and boiled with some hops, in the proportion of one pound to a barrel of worts.
Etymology 2
Contraction of (bubby).Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
Either a corruption of (brother), a modification of '' ("close [male] relation"), and is thus cognate to English ''boy'', ''babe'', ''baby'' and ''bully .Noun
(en noun)page 23,
- So he changed his brusque manner, and inquired, in a tone which was intended to be extremely conciliatory :
- ‘ What?s your name, bub ? ’
- ‘ The last one, Sir ? ’ asked bub , looking up.
page 398,
- Mrs. Peter filled her pocket with the cherries — “ Victoria and bub are so fond of them!” and we scrambled into the wagon.
Etymology 4
Etymology 5
Shortened from (bubble) and (bubbly).undefined
English
Adjective
(wikipedia undefined) (-)- The result of division by zero is undefined .