lube

[loob] Origin

lube

[loob] noun, verb, lubed, lub·ing.
noun Informal.
2.
lubrication, especially an application of a lubricant to a vehicle.
verb (used with object)
3.
to lubricate: to lube a bicycle chain.

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to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.

Origin:
by shortening
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Word Origin & History

lube
1934, colloquial shortening of lubrication. As a verb (short for lubricate) recorded from 1961.
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lube definition


  1. n.
    butter. : Pass the lube, will ya, huh?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
lube
  1. lubricant

  2. lubricate

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