hubs
Pluralhubs
- 1Plural of hub.
The airline cut flights at two of its smaller hubs to save money.
The office replaced its old network hubs with faster switches.
Note
A regular -s plural. Because hub covers so many central points, from airports and wheels to network devices and game maps, the plural usually travels with a word that says which kind: airline hubs, wheel hubs, network hubs. Spelled the same, the slang for a husband is a different word with its own origin.
- 2An affectionate slang word for one's husband.
Date night got canceled when the hubs came down with a cold.
I finally talked hubs into repainting the kitchen.
Similarhubby
Note
A playful clipping of husband with an -s tacked on, close in feeling to hubby. Despite the s it means one person and takes a singular verb: hubs is making dinner. It comes with my or the, or stands alone like a name, and Lisa Hendrix Simmons' Encouraging Words (2014) shows its usual frame: my hubs and I. Keep it for affectionate, casual talk.
hubs is a form of hub
hub, noun: A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed or diverted along them. Full entry
- Forms
- hubhubs plural
- Spelling
- hub → hubs: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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Origin
A clipping of husband, with -s added.