Usually means: Endearing term for young boy.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word bub:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. bub: Merriam-Webster
  2. bub: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bub: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bub: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Bub, bub: Wordnik
  6. bub: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. bub: Wiktionary
  8. bub: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. bub: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Bub, bub: Dictionary.com
  11. bub: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Bub (father), Bub (film), Bub: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Bub: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. Bub: Rhymezone
  15. Bub: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. bub: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. Bub: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  18. bub: FreeDictionary.org
  19. bub: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. bub: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  21. bub: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bub-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. BUB: Acronym Finder
  2. BUB: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bub, bub, bub, bub, bub, bub, bub: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. B.U.B: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (slang, historical) An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer.
noun:  (slang) A woman's breast.
noun:  A term of familiar address; bubba; bubby.
noun:  A young brother; a little boy; a familiar term of address for a small boy.
noun:  (Australia, slang) A baby.
verb:  (obsolete) To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.
noun:  A surname from German.
noun:  Clipping of bubble. [A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.]
noun:  (slang) Clipping of bubbly; champagne. [(informal) Champagne.]

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