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[ roob ] / rub / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rube ON THESAURUS.COM
noun Informal.an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick. Origin of rube1895–1900; generic use of Rube; compare earlier use of Reuben in same sense Words nearby ruberubblework, rubbly, Rubbra, rubby, rubdown, rube, rubeba, rubedo, rubefacient, rubefaction, rubefy Definition for rube (2 of 2)[ roob ] / rub /
nouna male given name, form of Reuben. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rubeA lazy off-season afternoon in Palmer's house is like being trapped in a Rube Goldberg cartoon. Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Rube Goldberg legislation is most dangerous when you do not have buy-in from the public and the opposition party. The Rube Goldberg Policy Machine|Megan McArdle|October 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST Such Rube Goldberg–like coincidences will not prevail against the Syria-Iran axis. John Bolton Argues the U.S. Has the Wrong President for a Syrian Intervention|John Bolton|November 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST Rube watched the guerrilleros, permitting his head to be seen by them.
Her beauty, her wit, they were her own; but they had availed her little before her betrothment to Rube. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889|Various Rube, by way of variation, occasionally visited the stables to see to the horses. The Watchers of the Plains|Ridgewell Cullum The sinking of the water was a new element; it had escaped my observation, though Rube had noted it. Rube's foot kicked against an unseen pannikin, making an alarming clatter. Kiddie the Scout|Robert Leighton
British Dictionary definitions for rube
nounUS and Canadian slang an unsophisticated countryman Word Origin for rubeC20: probably from the name Reuben Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to rubebumpkin, clodhopper, boor, hillbilly, hayseed, yokel, hick, dolt, jake |