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单词 gub
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gubn.

/ɡʌb/
Etymology: Compare gab n.4, of which this may be a corruption or local variant. The passage quoted seems to be the sole authority for this word, which appears in some recent dictionaries, but is unknown to several mechanicians who have been consulted.
A projection on the back of a wheel for engaging the loops of an endless chain or rope.
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1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1072 [article Rope making] A wheel with gubs at the back of it, over which the endless rope passes and gives motion to the machinery of the carriage..The speed may be regulated..by the diameter of the circle formed by the gubs on the wheel.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

gubv.

Brit. /ɡʌb/, U.S. /ɡəb/, Scottish English /ɡʌb/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English gub , gob n.2
Etymology: < gub, variant of gob n.2
Scottish slang (chiefly Glasgow).
transitive. To hit (a person), especially in the mouth. Hence in extended use (chiefly Sport): to defeat (a player, team, etc.) easily or overwhelmingly.
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1985 M. Munro Patter 30 To gub someone is to hit him in the mouth or defeat him soundly.
1990 A. Spence Magic Flute 25 ‘George Wilson says you stole them.’ ‘He's a liar,’ said Eddie. ‘That's how I gubbed him.’
1991 Sunday Times (Nexis) 20 Jan. Wendy Who [sc. a St Johnstone Football Club fanzine] carries a regular column which is entitled ‘They Came, They Saw, They Gubbed Us’.
1996 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 9 July 19 I can tell you, I think, exactly what is going to happen... The first elections are held in May 2000. Labour are thoroughly gubbed.
2016 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 31 Mar. (Sport section) 67 Now that England have been gubbed by Holland does this mean they won't win the European Championship and the World Cup after all?

Derivatives

ˈgubbing n.
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1990 This year = no Scotl. v. Eng. game in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet newsgroup) 11 May For a Scot the greatest stage of them all is Wembley Stadium and the opportunity to perform a duty of great national importance. Give the bastard English a right good gubbing.
1995 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 25 Feb. 21 It is only after threats, and the realisation that three against one might result in a gubbing, that he relents.
1999 Mirror (Nexis) 26 Jan. 18 Labour know they are on a hiding to nothing in these constituencies and they can't persuade anyone to be mug enough to put themselves up for a gubbing.
2015 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 Mar. 63 Cowdenbeath's Colin Marshall reckons last week's 10-0 gubbing by Hearts can kick-start the Blue Brazil's quest to beat the drop.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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