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gubbins

UK/ˈɡʌb.ɪnz/

gubbins noun: fragments; parings; scraps (especially of fish).

Noun (1)

gubbins pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) Fragments; parings; scraps (especially of fish).
    • [H]ough you hungerſtarued gubbins or offales of men, how thriue you, howe periſh you, [...]1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 73
  2. (UK, informal, plural, plural-only) Assorted stuff, especially if of little value; tat.
    • I had to memorise so much dialogue that never makes it into the movie so I always have a plethora of extra gubbins I can't remember.2017 summer, Milla Jovovich, “My Movie Masterming: Resident Evil Special”, in Empire, number 337, page 135
    Synonyms:
    Sorted by number of Google hits, widget, hickey, gizmo, thingy, gimmick, thingie, jigger, gismo, whatsit

Noun (2)

gubbins (plural gubbins)

  1. (UK, informal) Silly person; fool.
    • "Silly gubbins," she said. "You told me twice, and I was interested even the second time. […]"1916, Edward Frederic Benson, David Blaize, page 146
    Synonyms:
    fool

Noun (3) capitalized: Gubbins

Gubbins pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A half-savage race said to live in Devonshire, described by the pastoral poet William Browne, among others.

Proper noun capitalized: Gubbins

Gubbins (plural Gubbinses)

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

gubbins meaning in Bengali

gubbins in Bengali

খণ্ডসমূহ, অংশসমূহ, উচ্ছিষ্টাংশ, বিবিধ জিনিসপত্র, নির্বোধ ব্যক্তি, বোকা

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Forms of gubbins

Noun
pluralgubbins
Proper noun
pluralGubbinses

Origin of gubbins

Ante 1553. From gobbin (“piece, portion, slice”), from Middle English goboun, from Anglo-Norman gobon. Compare with English gobony (“line of alternating squares”).

Patronymic surname from a variant of the personal name Gibbon.

Questions about gubbins

What does gubbins mean?
Gubbins means fragments; parings; scraps (especially of fish).
What is gubbins in Bengali?
Gubbins in Bengali is খণ্ডসমূহ, অংশসমূহ, উচ্ছিষ্টাংশ. See Gubbins meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is gubbins?
Gubbins can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce gubbins?
Gubbins is pronounced /ˈɡʌb.ɪnz/ (UK).
What is the plural of gubbins?
The plural of gubbins is gubbins.

Words near gubbins in the dictionary

  1. gubbermints
  2. gubbers
  3. gubbertush
  4. Gubbi Gubbi
  5. gubbing
  6. gubbins
  7. Gubbinses
  8. Gubbio
  9. gubbish
  10. guber
  11. gubernacula

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