Meaning of rub | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An act of rubbing.
2. Any of a group of proteins similar to ubiquitin
3. A difficulty or problem.
4. friction
5. Initialism of rich urban biker.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. A quip or sarcastic remark.
   archaic
7. In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
8. Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
9. A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
10. A loan.
    UK, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Give that lamp a good rub and see if any genies come out.”

“To die, to sleep— / To sleep—perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub! / For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, / When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, / Must give us pause”

“[…] the propriety of the cabman's shelter, as it was called, hardly a stonesthrow away near Butt bridge where they might hit upon some drinkables in the shape of a milk and soda or a mineral. But how to get there was the rub.”

“'My dear Devereux, I say, you mustn't talk in that wild way. You—you talk like a ruined man!' 'And I so comfortable!' 'Why, to be sure, Dick, you have had some little rubs, and, maybe, your follies and your vexations; but, hang it, you are young; you can't get experience—at least, so I've found it—without paying for it. […]'”

“a heat rub intended for muscular strains”

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