Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The lowest quality of wool taken from a fleece.
  • To cheat; impose upon; snub.
  • To steal; pocket; get possession of.
  • noun A plump, chubby young person.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A plump young person or child.
  • transitive verb obsolete To put off by trickery; to cheat.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A plump young person or child.
  • verb transitive, obsolete To put off by trickery; to cheat.

Etymologies

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Compare fob a pocket.

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Examples

  • Because fub is not present for D&D tonight, I ruled that he sat down to talk to the priest, and this is what the troll says.

    random thought nathreee 2010

  • Because fub is not present for D&D tonight, I ruled that he sat down to talk to the priest, and this is what the troll says.

    roleplay, culture and morality nathreee 2010

  • (Reply) (Thread) (Link) fub on April 7th, 2010 11: 26 am (UTC)

    late weekly nathreee 2010

  • Friday will see me with my love, one of his best friends, ingiechan and fub and all their colleagues and their wives at the TNJ barbecue.

    totally unrelated nathreee 2009

  • Eugene Volokh says: fub: What do you mean could exacerbate confusion?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Tesla Coil Battery, 2010

  • (Reply) (Thread) (Link) fub on July 5th, 2010 03: 40 pm (UTC)

    rant nathreee 2010

  • Page Summary damanique — (no subject) [+0] fub — (no subject) [+0]

    late weekly nathreee 2010

  • A few days ago I did the make-meme, and I promised to make something especially for Jelka, querca_robur, anemoona, ingiechan, kainelslor and fub.

    weekly nathreee 2009

  • Page Summary fool000 — (no subject) [+0] janestarz — (no subject) [+0] sjiva — (no subject) [+2] fub — (no subject) [+8]

    the Google Putsch nathreee 2010

  • Page Summary fub — (no subject) [+0] woran — (no subject) [+0] anastaszia — (no subject) [+1] janestarz — (no subject) [+0]

    Hammy made a dress! nathreee 2010

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