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subby

/ˈsʌbi/

subby is the alternative form of subbie.

Meaning of subbie

Noun

subbie (plural subbies)

  1. (colloquial) A subcontractor.
    • He worked as a subbie in the construction industry.
  2. (colloquial) A subpostmaster.
  3. (slang) A submissive.
    • “This is my subbie, and you get no say in that.”
    • “She's not your subbie, Dominic,” I stated. “You left her hanging in the shibari room last night. […]2014, Katherine Rhodes, Not Quite Juliet: Silver Soul 1

Adjective

subby (comparative subbier, superlative subbiest)

  1. (slang) Submissive (in regard to BDSM roles).
    • "That means a lot of people will either be very Dommy or very subby. You need to deal with both, and honestly right now you don't seem able to handle that.” I took in the serious face and lack of pushiness and frowned.2013 June 24, Livia Olteano, Blitzkrieg Love, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
    • The sub wasn't acting very subby, and the wanna-be dom was looking more like a switch. For that matter, so was the sub. Or former sub. Well, whatever he is, it wasn't what Master Thomas needed. Master Thomas is clearly all dom.2015 September 16, Bailey Bradford, Gacy Grant, Racheline Maltese & Erin McRae, Cassandra Murphy, S.E. O'Connor, Charles Payseur, CB Potts, Torrance Sené, Dawn M. Sooy, T. Strange, Angelique Voisen...
    Antonyms:
    dommy

Antonyms of subby

Forms of subby

Noun
pluralsubbies
Adjective
comparativesubbier
superlativesubbiest

Words that rhyme with subby

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Questions about subby

What does subby mean?
Subby means submissive (in regard to BDSM roles).
What is subby the alternative form of?
Subby is the alternative form of subbie.
What part of speech is subby?
Subby is an adjective.
How do you pronounce subby?
Subby is pronounced /ˈsʌbi/.

Words near subby in the dictionary

  1. subbundles
  2. subbureau
  3. subbureaus
  4. subbureaux
  5. Subbuteo
  6. subby
  7. subbyssoid
  8. subcabinet
  9. subcabinets
  10. subcache
  11. subcaches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subby (page history and authors); subbie (page history and authors). 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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