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juwaub

juwaub noun: a formal refusal.

Noun

juwaub (plural juwaubs)

  1. (India, UK, dated, slang) A formal refusal.
    • These offices are often to be filled up, their untiring perseverance occasioning the secession of a member, who, after having sustained repeated juwaubs, is accepted at last, […]1836, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia, page 97

Verb

juwaub (third-person singular simple present juwaubs, present participle juwaubing, simple past and past participle juwaubed)

  1. (India, UK, dated, slang, transitive) To refuse or rebuff.

Forms of juwaub

Noun
pluraljuwaubs
Verb
third-person singular presentjuwaubs
present participlejuwaubing
past participlejuwaubed
pastjuwaubed

Origin of juwaub

From Hindi [Term?] (“an answer”).

Questions about juwaub

What does juwaub mean?
Juwaub means a formal refusal.
What part of speech is juwaub?
Juwaub can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of juwaub?
The plural of juwaub is juwaubs.

Words near juwaub in the dictionary

  1. Juvigny
  2. Juvisy-sur-Orge
  3. juvy
  4. Juwan
  5. juwansa
  6. juwaub
  7. juwaubed
  8. juwaubing
  9. juwaubs
  10. Juwuri
  11. jux

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