rub

Signification

Noun

1. An act of rubbing.
2. A difficulty or problem.
3. A quip or sarcastic remark.
4. In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
5. Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
6. Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
7. (slang) A loan.

Verb

1. To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
2. To be rubbed against something.
3. To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
4. To move or pass with difficulty.
5. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
6. To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
7. To touch the jack with the bowl.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹʌb/

Étymologie

Inherited from Middle English rubben, of unknown origin; possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rubbōną, related to *reufaną (“to tear”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian rubje (“to rub, scrape”), German Low German rubben (“to rub”), Low German rubblig (“rough, uneven”), Dutch robben, rubben (“to rub smooth; scrape; scrub”), Danish rubbe (“to rub, scrub”), Icelandic and Norwegian rubba (“to scrape”).
More at reave.