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rub-a-dub
[
ruhb
-
uh
-duhb
]
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rub-a-dub
/
ˈrʌb
əˌdʌb
/
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[
ruhb
-
uh
-duhb
]
Show IPA
noun
the
sound
of a drum when beaten.
Origin:
1780–90;
imitative
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rub-a-dub
1787, echoic of the sound of a drum.
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