bub

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

bub, n. 

 Strong malt liquor.  Prior.  [1913 Webster]

bub, n. [Cf. 2d Bubby.].

 A young brother; a little boy; -- a familiar term of address of a small boy.  [1913 Webster]

bub, v. t. [Abbrev. from Bubble.].

 To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.  Sackville.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bub, n. US colloq. a boy or a man, often used as a form of address.

Etymology

earlier bubby, perh. a childish form of BROTHER or f. G Bube boy

THESAURUS

bub

aunt, auntie, blood brother, boy, brethren, brother, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, colt, country cousin, cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, cub, daughter, father, fellow, first cousin, fledgling, foster brother, frater, grandnephew, grandniece, granduncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, half brother, hobbledehoy, kid brother, lad, laddie, manchild, master, mother, muchacho, nephew, niece, nuncle, nunks, nunky, pup, puppy, schoolboy, second cousin, sis, sissy, sister, sister-german, sistern, son, sonny, sonny boy, stepbrother, stepsister, unc, uncle, uncs, uterine brother, whelp, young man, youth