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doob

/duːb/

doob noun: doob grass.

Noun (1)

doob (uncountable)

  1. Doob grass.
    • Doob is a shallow rooted plant and obtains its food from the surface layer of soil; most of the other grasses, with which it has to compete, such as motha (Cyperus rotundus), dabhi (Imperata arundinacea) and rari (Saccharum spontaneum) are comparatively deep-rooted; […]1911, C.M. Hutchinson, “Turf”, in Agricultural Journal Of India, Pusa: Agricultural Research Institute, page 368
    Synonyms:
    Bermuda grass

Noun (2)

doob (plural doobs)

  1. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
    • I don't smoke doobs and I don't really hang out.1996, Eric Bogosian, SubUrbia (motion picture), spoken by Bee-Bee (Dina Spybey-Waters)

Synonyms of doob

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Forms of doob

pluraldoobs

Origin of doob

Borrowed from Hindi दूब (dūb). Doublet of durva.

Unknown, perhaps related to doob grass.

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Words that rhyme with doob

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Questions about doob

What does doob mean?
Doob means doob grass.
What part of speech is doob?
Doob is a noun.
How do you pronounce doob?
Doob is pronounced /duːb/.
What is the plural of doob?
The plural of doob is doobs.

Words near doob in the dictionary

  1. doo-wopping
  2. doo-woppy
  3. doo-wops
  4. dooant
  5. Dooars
  6. doob
  7. doob grass
  8. doobage
  9. doober
  10. doobers
  11. doobie

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