pub

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pʌb/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /pʊb/

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• Rhymes: -ʌb, Rhymes: -ʊb

Clipping of public.

pub (plural pubs)

1. A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess‎:

     Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub.

   • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

     From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.

2. (video games, slang) A public server.
   • 2002, "Sean C. Cunningham", if you play on random public servers, you're an ^[sic] tool and have no right to complain about cheaters. (on newsgroup alt.games.half-life.counterstrike)

     Well there's private servers and then there's pubs that do their best to make sure everyone plays fair. The second option will be a lot easier to find.

• See also Thesaurus:pub

pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed)

1. (informal, intransitive) To go to one or more public houses.

• inn
• off-licence
• tavern

Clipping of publication.

pub (plural pubs)

1. A publication.

   registered pubs

Clipping of publish.

pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed)

1. (informal, transitive) to publish

• UPB

• pubi

pub

1. pub

Clipping of publicité.

• IPA^(key): /pyb/

pub f (plural pubs)

1. Television ad or advert.

• pause pub
• pubard

Borrowed from English pub.

• (France) IPA^(key): /pœb/
• (Québec) IPA^(key): /pɔb/

pub m (plural pubs)

1. pub

• “pub” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from English pub.

pub m (invariable)

1. pub

From British English pub (“public house”)

pub m (definite singular puben, indefinite plural puber, definite plural pubene)

1. a pub

• bar

• “pub” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From British English pub (“public house”)

pub m (definite singular puben, indefinite plural pubar, definite plural pubane)

1. a pub

• bar

• “pub” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from English pub.

pub m (plural pubs)

1. pub

Borrowed from English pub.

pub c

1. pub