fub

F4U1B3
/fʌb/Ireland, Northern England/fʊb/

verb

To put off by trickery; to cheat.

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Meanings

fub1

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

present singular third person fubs · participle present fubbing · participle past fubbed · past fubbed · alternative fob

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo put off by trickery; to cheat.

    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.

    c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
  2. obsoleteTo steal.

fub2

nounfub (plural fubs)

plural fubs

  1. obsoleteA plump young person or child.

    'Tis he that I told you is to marry my Indian Fubs of a Sister.

    1685, John Crowne, Sir Courtly Nice

Origin

fub · verb

Variant of fob (“cheat, trick”).

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fub · noun

Compare fob (“a pocket”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fub

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Cite this entry
APA

fub. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fub

MLA

“fub.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fub. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fub,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fub.

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