# pub

Pronunciation: say "PUB" /pʌb/

## Noun

1. A public house: an establishment that sells drinks, mostly alcoholic, to be drunk on the premises, and also offers food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television. *(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)*
   - Simple: A place where people buy drinks, mostly alcohol, and food, and sometimes hear music or watch TV.
   - _They spent Sunday afternoon in the pub watching the football._
   - _The village pub does a decent roast and has live music on Friday nights._
2. Clipping of publication. — Clipping of publication.
   - Simple: Clipping of publication. It is a short way to say publication.
   - _She needs one more first-author pub before she goes on the job market._
   - _The agency's newest pub, a guide to flood safety, is free to download._
4. A public server for an online game, which any player can join, unlike a private one. *(slang)*
   - Simple: In online games, a server that anyone can join, not a private one.
   - _Pubs are fine for warming up, but serious teams scrim on private servers._
   - _He got kicked from the pub for spamming the voice chat._
5. Clipping of publisher. Rare and informal. — Clipping of publisher.
   - Simple: Clipping of publisher. It is a rare, informal short form.

## Verb

3. To go to one or more public houses, or pubs. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To go to a pub, or to more than one.
   - _Visitors who pub along the harbor can try a different local beer in each one._
   - _They pubbed until closing time and then caught the last bus home._
6. To publish: to bring out a book, article or other work for the public. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To print or put out a book, story or other work so people can read it.
   - _We plan to pub the second edition in March, once the corrections are in._
   - _The magazine pubbed the interview online before the print issue came out._

## Origin

**Meanings 1, 3** — A shortened form of public house.
**Meaning 4** — A shortened form of public server.
**Meaning 2** — A shortened form of publication.
**Meaning 6** — A shortened form of publish.
**Meaning 5** — A shortened form of publisher.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pub (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).