Usually means: Apply pressure and friction to surface.
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General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. rub: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rub, the rub: Merriam-Webster
  3. rub, the rub: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rub: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rub, the rub: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rub: Vocabulary.com
  7. Rub, rub: Wordnik
  8. rub, the rub: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. rub: Wiktionary
  10. rub: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. rub: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. rub: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. rub: Dictionary.com
  14. rub (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. rub: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Rub (album), Rub (disambiguation), Rub (syrup), Rub, The Rub: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Rub: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. rub: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. rub: Rhymezone
  20. rub: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. rub: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Rub: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. rub: FreeDictionary.org
  24. rub: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. rub: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. rub: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  27. rub: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
  2. rub-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  3. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. RUB: Investopedia
  4. rub: Legal dictionary
  5. RUB: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rub: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. rub: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. rub, rub-: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. RUB: Acronym Finder
  2. RUB: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. rub: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. R.U.B, The Rub: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. rub: Coin Collecting

(Note: See rubbed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An act of rubbing.
noun:  A difficulty or problem.
noun:  (archaic) A quip or sarcastic remark.
noun:  In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
noun:  Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
noun:  A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
noun:  (UK, naval slang) A loan.
verb:  (transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
verb:  (intransitive) To be rubbed against something.
verb:  (transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
verb:  (dated) To move or pass with difficulty.
verb:  To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
verb:  To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
verb:  (transitive, bowls) To touch the jack with the bowl.
noun:  (biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins similar to ubiquitin
noun:  Initialism of rich urban biker.

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