tubber

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tub

[tuhb]

noun, verb, tubbed, tub⋅bing.

–noun

1.	a bathtub.

2.	a broad, round, open, wooden container, usually made of staves held together by hoops and fitted around a flat bottom.

3.	any of various containers resembling or suggesting a tub: a tub for washing clothes.

4.	the amount a tub will hold.

5.	Informal. a short and fat person.

6.	Nautical. an old, slow, or clumsy vessel.

7.	British Informal. a bath in a bathtub.

8.	Mining. an ore car; tram.

9.	Military Slang. a two-seat aircraft, esp. a trainer.

–verb (used with object)

10.	to place or keep in a tub.

11.	British Informal. to bathe in a bathtub.

–verb (used without object)

12.	British Informal. to bathe oneself in a bathtub.

13.	Informal. to undergo washing, esp. without damage, as a fabric: This cotton print tubs well.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME tubbe (n.) < MD tobbe; c. MLG tubbe, tobbe

Related forms:

tub⋅ba⋅ble, adjective

tubber, noun

tublike, adjective

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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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tub (tŭb)

1. An open, flat-bottomed vessel, usually round and typically wider than it is deep, used for washing, packing, or storing.
2. The amount that such a vessel can hold.
3. The contents of such a vessel.
4. A bathtub.
5. Informal A bath taken in a bathtub.
6. A bucket used for conveying ore or coal up a mine shaft.
7. A coal car used in a mine.
1. A bathtub.
2. Informal A bath taken in a bathtub.
3. A bucket used for conveying ore or coal up a mine shaft.
4. A coal car used in a mine.
Informal A wide, clumsy, slow-moving boat.
1. A bucket used for conveying ore or coal up a mine shaft.
2. A coal car used in a mine.

v. tubbed, tub·bing, tubs

v. tr.

v. intr.
To take a bath.

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German tubbe.]
tub'ba·ble adj., tub'ber n.

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