lube

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: lo͞ob, IPA^(key): /luːb/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːb

Etymology 1

Clipping of lubricant.

Noun

lube (countable and uncountable, plural lubes)

1. (informal) Lubricant.

   Jasmine put lube on her bike chain in preparation for the big race.

   • 2017, Corinne Davies, The 3xtasy Lake Collection, volume 2, page 128:

     Squeezing a healthy dollop of lube onto her rosebud, he stretched the tight ring and forced more lubrication into her ass.

Derived terms

• auto-lube
• lube job
• lubeless

Translations

lubricant — see lubricant

Etymology 2

Clipping of lubricate.

Verb

lube (third-person singular simple present lubes, present participle lubing, simple past and past participle lubed)

1. (transitive, informal) Clipping of lubricate.

   Hyponyms: lube up; oil, oil up; grease, grease up

   Jeff lubed his Rubik's Cube before entering the competition.

Translations

lubricate — see lubricate

Etymology 3

Clipping of lubricating.

Adjective

lube (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Lubricating.
   • 2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.3.6 Fuel and Lubricating Oil”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking of US Cargo Vessel SS El Faro, Atlantic Ocean, Northeast of Acklins and Crooked Island, Bahamas, October 1, 2015‎, archived from the original on 15 May 2022, page 37:

     The main engine lube oil sump had a maximum capacity of 2,870 gallons, with a high-level operating capacity of 2,020 gallons, a normal operating level of 1,426 gallons, and a low level of 724 gallons. The alteration section of the construction diagram for the lubricating system of the Ponce-class vessels shows that in 1972, before El Faro's keel was laid, the original design specifications for the operating levels of the lube oil sump were changed. The operating capacity was increased from 900 gallons to 1,426 gallons, the low-level capacity was decreased from 750 gallons to 724 gallons, and the sump design capacity was decreased from 4,250 gallons to 2,870 gallons.

Translations

lubricating — see lubricating

Anagrams

• Buel, Blue, Lebu, blue, Ubel

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlubɛ/, [ˈlubə]

Adjective

lube

1. inflection of luby:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.bɛ/
• Rhymes: -ubɛ
• Syllabification: lu‧be

Adjective

lube

1. inflection of luby:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural