bub

American  

[buhb] / bʌb /

noun

Slang.

bubs plural

1. (used as an often insolent term of address) brother; buddy.

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bub British  

/ bʌb /

noun

1. informal fellow; youngster: used as a form of address

2. slang

   1. a baby

   2. the first grade of schooling; nursery school

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bubs
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bub

1830–40, perhaps < German Bub, short for Bube boy

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bub bubs

Make no mistake about it, bub, Southern California is car country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2023

Just before Eboli’s “O don fatal,” the conductor pointed out to principal bassoon William Short how “it’s very different without the bub bub bub of the trumpets.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2022

Hey now, I’m the one asking the questions, bub!

From The Verge ● Feb. 26, 2016

Or, minus the corporate doublespeak: Your days are numbered, bub.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2015

"All right, bub; we'll go to school now," said the latter, nodding to the dripping figure as it rose before him.

From Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day by Heydrick, Benjamin A.

I just want to see my bubs progress.”

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2020

Richardson said she understood why some parents would enter the competition because they were proud of their bubs, but she had other priorities in her life and wouldn’t enter Elowen, born last July.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2019

Yet the breastfeeding was wonderful and I fed all my bubs for a year.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2017

I went up to see how she was this afternoon, not knowing anything, and there I found a pair of bubs in the nest, and old ma Stainwright bossing the show.

From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)