strub
strub verb: to rob, plunder; clear out completely; to strip.
Verb
strub (third-person singular simple present strubs, present participle strubbing, simple past and past participle strubbed)
- To rob, plunder; clear out completely; to strip.
- "[…] I mind a year ago, when I found a gladdy's nest and strubbed it, he catched me blowing the eggs to put along with others for a necklace for Jonathan French's sister, and, if he could have done it, he'd have given me a proper hiding."1920, Eden Phillpotts, The Thief of Virtue, page 172
Proper noun capitalized: Strub
Strub (plural Strubs)
- A surname.
Forms of strub
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | strubs |
| present participle | strubbing |
| past participle | strubbed |
| past | strubbed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Strubs |
Origin of strub
Origin obscure. Perhaps from Middle English strupen, a variant of strepen (“to strip, rob, plunder”), from Old English *strȳpan (attested in Old English bestrȳpan (“to strip, rob, spoil, bereave”), whence English bestrip). More at strip.
Questions about strub
- What does strub mean?
- Strub means to rob, plunder; clear out completely; to strip.
- What part of speech is strub?
- Strub can be a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the past tense of strub?
- The past tense of strub is strubbed.
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