pub
A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.
Noun Commonwealth, Ireland
- A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.
- Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub. - 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- 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...
Origin
Clipping of public house.
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Synonyms
alehouse boozer boozing ken bousing ken drinker drinkery gargle-factory gin joint groggery local nineteenth hole pot-house pub public house rummery saloon tavern watering hole
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barrelhouse bar beer parlour bierkeller blind tiger blind pig brewpub cabaret cantina cocktail lounge dive free house gastropub gin mill hedge alehouse honky-tonk inn jook house juke juke joint liquor lounge lounge managed house micropub
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Derived
brewpub corner pub gastropub Irish pub managed pub micropub pedal pub pubbish pubby pub cheese pub crawl pub-crawl pub crawler pub cricket pubgoer pub-goer pub golf pub grub pubkeeper publand publands publess publike pubmate
Noun video games
- A public server.
- 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. - 2002, Sean C. Cunningham, “if you play on random public servers,...
Origin
Clipping of public server.
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Synonyms
alehouse boozer boozing ken bousing ken drinker drinkery gargle-factory gin joint groggery local nineteenth hole pot-house pub public house rummery saloon tavern watering hole
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
barrelhouse bar beer parlour bierkeller blind tiger blind pig brewpub cabaret cantina cocktail lounge dive free house gastropub gin mill hedge alehouse honky-tonk inn jook house juke juke joint liquor lounge lounge managed house micropub
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call time closing time drinking-up time happy hour last call last orders lock-in prop up the bar pub crawl café lodging place liquor store restaurant
Noun abbreviation, alt of
- Clipping of publication.
- registered pubs
Origin
Clipping of publication.
Forms
Synonyms
alehouse boozer boozing ken bousing ken drinker drinkery gargle-factory gin joint groggery local nineteenth hole pot-house pub public house rummery saloon tavern watering hole
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
barrelhouse bar beer parlour bierkeller blind tiger blind pig brewpub cabaret cantina cocktail lounge dive free house gastropub gin mill hedge alehouse honky-tonk inn jook house juke juke joint liquor lounge lounge managed house micropub
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call time closing time drinking-up time happy hour last call last orders lock-in prop up the bar pub crawl café lodging place liquor store restaurant
Noun abbreviation, alt of
- Clipping of publisher.
- Pubs say it's out of print, but it was supposed to have been reissued. - 1979 April 14, “Barbara G. (classified advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
Origin
Clipping of publisher.
Forms
Synonyms
alehouse boozer boozing ken bousing ken drinker drinkery gargle-factory gin joint groggery local nineteenth hole pot-house pub public house rummery saloon tavern watering hole
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
barrelhouse bar beer parlour bierkeller blind tiger blind pig brewpub cabaret cantina cocktail lounge dive free house gastropub gin mill hedge alehouse honky-tonk inn jook house juke juke joint liquor lounge lounge managed house micropub
Related
call time closing time drinking-up time happy hour last call last orders lock-in prop up the bar pub crawl café lodging place liquor store restaurant
Verb informal, intransitive
- To go to one or more public houses.
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Verb informal, transitive
- to publish
Origin
Clipping of publish.