Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To draw out and twist (a strand of silk or other textile fiber) in preparation for spinning.
- noun A soft thick nub in yarn that is either an imperfection or purposely set for a desired effect.
- noun A slightly twisted roll of fiber, as of silk or cotton.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To twist slightly after carding, so as to prepare for spinning: said of woolen yarn.
- noun Wool slightly twisted preparatory to spinning, usually that which has been carded.
- noun A lump or thick piece of cotton which becomes attached to or twisted into the yarn during the process of spinning.
- noun Loose mud; mire.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.
- noun A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; -- called also
slubbing .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
thickened portion orknot found onlinen yarn , caused bydefects . - noun
Sludge . - noun
Fabric fiber produced by slubbing. - verb To
draw andtwist fibers in order to prepare them forspinning .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Which one would look better paired with my cotton slub?
Regretsy – Gag Gift 2010
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Im glad its different from ‘cotton slub’, no one wants cotton slub on their wedding dress…
Regretsy – I Don’t 2010
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Remind me never to buy a wedding dress where the description includes the terms “slub” and “raw dege”.
Regretsy – I Don’t 2010
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What the hell does this fat slub know who is weaker or stronger.
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All were covered or upholstered in blue slub-satin that she suspected was raw silk; a deeper blue carpet covered the floor, and the walls were papered in blue and white stripes.
red dust Ryn Cricket 2010
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A speech-impeded or misunderstood/misspelled besmirchment of character “Yo mama, she a slub.”
Regretsy – I Don’t 2010
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Dave Griffiths, another huge inspiration, officially joined slub for a gig at Sonar.
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Tom Armitage wrote a nicewired article interviewing us slub about live coding.
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Tom Armitage wrote a nicewired article interviewing us slub about live coding.
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Dave Griffiths, another huge inspiration, officially joined slub for a gig at Sonar.
gangerh commented on the word slub
'He felt the textural variation of slubs of chewing gum compressed by decades of traffic' - from Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo
February 5, 2008
qms commented on the word slub
Opinions differ on the slub.
Descriptivists see a useful nub.
Prescriptivists claim
The thing is a shame,
A lump in the line is a flub!
August 10, 2014