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fub | fab |

As a verb fub

is (obsolete) to put off by trickery; to cheat.

As a noun fub

is (obsolete) a plump young person or child.

As an abbreviation fab is

(brazilian air force).

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)

    fab

    English

    Etymology 1

    From , by shortening

    Adjective

    (fabber)
  • fabulous (great or spectacular). The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 652 (ISBN 0-395-44895-6)
  • Derived terms
    * fabby

    Etymology 2

    From and its derived terms, by shortening

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips.
  • Hundreds were put out of work when the chip fab shut down.
    Synonyms
    * fabber

    Verb

    (fabb)
  • fabricate, especially in the context of fabbers
  • It uses digital data from a computer to “fab ” products and models of new products. [http://www.ennex.com/~fabbers/publish/FAB-ulous.asp]

    References

    Anagrams

    * English clippings ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • fable
  • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun) ----