Gubbed vs Pubbed - What's the difference?
gubbed | pubbed |
(gub)
Mouth.
* 1994 , "The acid House", Irvine Welsh, in Eurotrash :
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(slang) To defeat.
(pub)
A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed and also provides food and sometimes entertainment, normally television viewing.
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, chapter=Foreword * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= To go to one or more public houses.
(informal) to publish
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As verbs the difference between gubbed and pubbed
is that gubbed is (gub) while pubbed is (pub).gubbed
English
Verb
(head)gub
English
Noun
(en noun)- "...fucked-up Yank who's too screwed up to lift a forkful of scran into her gub ?"
Synonyms
* (mouth) gobVerb
- ''We just got gubbed 5-1.
Anagrams
* (l), (l) ----pubbed
English
Verb
(head)pub
English
Etymology 1
Short form of public, from public houseNoun
(wikipedia pub) (en noun)citation, passage=Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub .}}
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}