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Webster 1913 Edition


Fub

Fub

,
Verb.
T.
[The same word as
fob
to cheat.]
To put off by trickery; to cheat.
[Obs.]
I have been
fubbed
off, and
fubbed
off, and fabbed off, from this day to that day.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Fub

FUB

,
Noun.
a plump boy; a woman. [Not in use.]

FUB

,
Verb.
T.
to put off; to delay; to cheat. [See Fob.]

Definition 2024


fub

fub

English

Alternative forms

Verb

fub (third-person singular simple present fubs, present participle fubbing, simple past and past participle fubbed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To put off by trickery; to cheat.
    • a. 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2,
      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

fub (plural fubs)

  1. (obsolete) A plump young person or child.
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