| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A plump young person or child.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Present Tense | 1. Seldom used present tense conjugation of the verb fub.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fub) |
1. To put off by trickery; to cheat.[Websters]. 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: fubbing, fubbed, fubs, fubber, fubbers, fubbingly and fubbedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Fubs" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A plump young person or child.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Present Tense | 1. Seldom used present tense conjugation of the verb fub.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fub) | 1. To put off by trickery; to cheat.[Websters]. 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: fubbing, fubbed, fubs, fubber, fubbers, fubbingly and fubbedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FUBS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] a plump boy; a woman.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Aerospace | Forward Utility Bridge. (references) | ||
| Literature | Fub To steal, to prig. (French, fourbi, "a Jew who conceals a trap;" fourber, "to cheat;" four, "a false pocket for concealing stolen goods."). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] To put off by trickery; to cheat. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| FUB | English | Freie Universitaet Berlin | Computer - (org.) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | Top | |||