tub
English
Etymology
From Middle English tubbe, tobbe, from Middle Dutch tubbe or Middle Low German tubbe, tobbe, further etymology unknown. Considered to be unrelated to tube.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
tub (plural tubs)
- A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
- He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.
- The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
- She added a tub of margarine to the stew.
- A bathtub.
- 1920, Theodore Sharpe, My Place in the Shade: And Various Verse (page 27)
- Teach me to love my morning tub, / In waters cold to splash and rub; / O, grant my Turkish towel may flood / Its virtues through my soul and blood.
- 1920, Theodore Sharpe, My Place in the Shade: And Various Verse (page 27)
- (nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.
- (humorous or derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
- All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and holding forth.
- A small cask.
- a tub of gin
- Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
- (mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
- (obsolete) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
- c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- tubs and baths; bring down rose-cheeked youth
To the tub-fast and the diet
- (slang) A corpulent or obese person.
- 2003, Trey Ellis, Platitudes: & the New Black Aesthetic (page 139)
- Donald tells him to be more realistic. Take those two girls over there, for example. One's a zitface and the other's a tub, so they'd be perfect for them.
- 2003, Trey Ellis, Platitudes: & the New Black Aesthetic (page 139)
Derived terms
Translations
broad, flat-bottomed vessel
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contents or capacity of such a vessel
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bathtub — see bathtub
slow-moving craft
Verb
tub (third-person singular simple present tubs, present participle tubbing, simple past and past participle tubbed)
- (transitive) To plant, set, or store in a tub.
- to tub a plant
- (transitive, intransitive) To bathe in a tub.
- February 1, 1873, Meredith Townsend and Richard Holt Hutton (editors), "Change of Air and Scene", in The Spectator
- Don't we all "tub" in England?
- February 1, 1873, Meredith Townsend and Richard Holt Hutton (editors), "Change of Air and Scene", in The Spectator
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “tub”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tub m (plural tubs)
Related terms
Further reading
- “tub” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Juba Arabic
Etymology
Noun
tub
Kavalan
Noun
tub
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French tube, Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tub n (plural tuburi)
Declension
Declension of tub
White Hmong
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
tub
References
- Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
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