pub

Pluralpubs

Formspubs, pubbing, pubbed

1. 1
   nounCommonwealthIrelandUKcountable

   A place where people buy drinks, mostly alcohol, and food, and sometimes hear music or watch TV.

   We met at the pub after work for a drink.

   There are three pubs on our high street.

   Similarbar, tavern, inn

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2. 2
   nounabbreviationclipping

   Clipping of publication. It is a short way to say publication.

   My teacher's first pub was a short article in a science magazine.

   The tax agency put out a free pub explaining the new rules.

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3. 3
   verbcolloquialintransitive

   To go to a pub, or to more than one.

   On Fridays my friends and I like to pub together.

   We went pubbing in the old part of town last night.

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4. 4
   nounslangcountable

   In online games, a server that anyone can join, not a private one.

   I joined a pub, and the other players were really friendly.

   In this game, you can play on a pub with strangers or set up a private server for your friends.

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5. 5
   nounabbreviationclipping

   Clipping of publisher. It is a rare, informal short form.

   Pubs say it's out of print, but it was supposed to have been reissued.

   1979, “Barbara G. (classified advertisement)”, in Gay Community News

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6. 6
   verbcolloquialtransitive

   To print or put out a book, story or other work so people can read it.

   The school paper will pub my story next week.

   A small press pubbed her first book of poems.

   Similarpublish, release

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