pub
/pʌb/
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Northern England/pʊb/
pub noun: a public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television. Also the clipping of publication.
Noun (1)
pub (plural pubs)
- A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.
- Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2021, page 52
Verb (1)
pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed)
- To go to one or more public houses.
Noun (2)
pub (plural pubs)
- A public server.
- Well there's private servers and then there's pubs that do their best to make sure everyone plays fair. The second option will be a lot easier to find.2002, Sean C. Cunningham, “if you play on random public servers, you're an ^([sic]) tool and have no right to complain about cheaters.”, in alt.games.half-life.counterstrike (Usenet)
Verb (2)
pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed)
- to publish
Noun (3) capitalized: PUB
PUB (plural PUBs)
- Initialism of public utility bus.
Also used as
pub is also the clipping of publication.
pub is also the clipping of publisher.
pub meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pub in Hindi
- public house
- सराय sarāy, पब pab, बार bār, मैख़ाना maixānā
pub in Tamil
- பப்
pub in Marathi
- public house
- पब pab
pub in Urdu
- public house
- سَرَائے sarāe, پَب pab, مَیخانَہ maixāna
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- pub in Bengali
- সেলুন śelun, বার bar, মদখানা modkhana
- pub in Telugu
- పబ్, పబ్బు, పబ్బ్
- pub in Malayalam
- പബ്, പബ്ബ്
- pub in Kannada
- ಪಬ್, ಪಬ್ಬು
- pub in Punjabi
- ਪੱਬ
- pub in Gujarati
- પબ pab
- pub in Odia
- ପବ୍, ପବ
- pub in Nepali
- पब, पब्
- pub in Pashto
- ميخانه mayxāná, شرابخانه šarābxāná
- pub in Arabic
- حَانَة ḥāna, خَانَة ḵāna, خَمَارَة ḵamāra, مَشْرَب mašrab
- pub in Malay
- pub, bar
- pub in Indonesian
- pub, bar
- pub in Thai
- ร้านเหล้า ráan-lâo, ผับ pàp, ร้านสุรา ráan-sù-raa, บาร์ baa
- pub in Vietnamese
- quán rượu, tiệm rượu, tửu quán
- pub in Myanmar
- အရက်ဆိုင် a.rakhcuing, ဘား bha:
- Dzongkha
- ཆང་ཁང chang khang
Examples of pub in a sentence
- The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information.
- Come on, everyone, bolt your drinks; I want to go to the next pub!
- City hall has its place, but this pub is the real heart of the town.
Synonyms of pub
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Forms of pub
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pubs |
| plural | PUBs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | pubs |
| present participle | pubbing |
| past participle | pubbed |
| past | pubbed |
Origin of pub
Clipping of public house.
Clipping of public server.
Clipping of publication.
Words formed from pub
- brewpub
- corner pub
- flat-roof pub
- gastropub
- Irish pub
- managed pub
- micropub
- pedal pub
- pubbish
- pubby
- pub cheese
- pub crawl
- pub-crawl
- pub crawler
- pub cricket
- pubgoer
- pub-goer
- pub golf
- pub grub
- pubkeeper
- publand
- publands
- publess
- publike
- pubmate
- pub quiz
- pub rock
- pub test
- pubwards
- restopub
- ruin pub
- superpub
- tied pub
- pub-sub
- self-pub
- trad-pub
Phrases with pub
Words that rhyme with pub
Questions about pub
- What does pub mean?
- Pub means a public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.
- What is pub in Hindi?
- Pub in Hindi is सराय (sarāy), पब (pab), बार (bār). See Pub meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pub?
- Pub can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce pub?
- Pub is pronounced /pʌb/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pub?
- The plural of pub is pubs.
Words near pub in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pub (page history and authors); PUB (page history and authors); pub (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pub (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pub (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pub (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pub (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pub (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pub (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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