- hubby
- noun (plural hubbies) Etymology: by alteration Date: 1688 husband
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
hubby
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Hubby — Hub by, a. Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hubby — hub by (h[u^]b b[y^]), n. Husband. [informal] [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hubby — may refer to:*Hubcap *Hub *Husband … Wikipedia
hubby — colloquial shortening of HUSBAND (Cf. husband), attested from 1680s, with Y (Cf. y) (3) … Etymology dictionary
hubby — ► NOUN (pl. hubbies) informal ▪ a husband … English terms dictionary
hubby — [hub′ē] n. pl. hubbies Informal a husband … English World dictionary
hubby — UK [ˈhʌbɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms hubby : singular hubby plural hubbies spoken a husband … English dictionary
hubby — [“habi] n. a husband. □ My hubby will be late tonight. □ Where is your hubby tonight? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
hubby — Diminutive forms of husband, in use since at least the seventeenth century, The Oxford English Dictionary records E.Ravenscroft, London Cuckolds (1688): ‘Oh my hubby, dear, dear, dear hubby.’ The present author’s aunt addressed her husband as… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
hubby — noun term of endearment, husband Laura thought Jack was the most wonderful hubby in the world … Wiktionary
hubby — [[t]hʌ̱bi[/t]] hubbies N COUNT: usu poss N You can refer to a woman s husband as her hubby. [INFORMAL, OLD FASHIONED] Women in the North complain that their hubbies find it difficult to say I love you … English dictionary
