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hub·by

[huhb-ee] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural -bies. Informal.

husband.

[Origin: 1680–90; by shortening and alter.; see -y²

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hub·by (hŭb'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. hub·bies Informal
A husband.

[Alteration of husband.]

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hubby
noun
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage [syn: husband] [ant: married woman]

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Hubby

Hub\, n. [See 1st Hob.]

1. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.

2. The hilt of a weapon. --Halliwell.

3. A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.

4. A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.

5. (Diesinking) A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.

6. A screw hob. See Hob, 3.

7. A block for scotching a wheel.

Hub plank (Highway Bridges), a horizontal guard plank along a truss at the height of a wagon-wheel hub.

Up to the hub, as far as possible in embarrassment or difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in mire; deeply involved. [Colloq.]

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