sub
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
edit- Shortened form of any of various words beginning with sub-.
- (lend a person money): From subsidize.
Noun
editsub (plural subs)
- Abbreviation of submarine.
- 1989, James Cameron, The Abyss (motion picture), spoken by Alan "Hippy" Carnes (Todd Graff):
- You know, we got Russian subs creepin' around; anythin' goes wrong they can say whatever they want happened! Give their folks medals!
- Short for submarine sandwich.: a sandwich made on a long bun.
- We can get subs at that deli.
- (nautical) Clipping of submersible.
- (informal) Clipping of substitute, often in sports or teaching.
- With the score 4 to 1, they brought in subs.
- She worked as a sub until she got her teaching certificate.
- 1930, Boy's Live, Philip Scruggs, There Can Be Victory, page 20:
- At any other school you would be playing varsity, and Wallace has you pigeon-holed on the subs." "Maybe he has his reasons," Jim replied. "And he hasn't pigeon-holed me on the subs yet — not this season.
- (British, informal, often in plural) Clipping of subscription (a payment made for membership of a club, etc.)
- 1951, H. L. Gold, “Annual Report”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, volume 2, number 6, page 2:
- According to the best available information, GALAXY has several times as many subs as any other science fiction magazine!
- (Internet, informal) Clipping of subtitle.
- I've just noticed a mistake in the subs for this film.
- (computing, programming) Clipping of subroutine. (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does)
- 2002, Nathan Patwardhan, Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Perl in a nutshell:
- The default accessor can be overridden by declaring a sub of the same name in the package.
- 2004, P. K. McBride, Introductory Visual Basic.NET, page 49:
- So far, all the subs and functions that we have used have been those built into the system, or those written to handle events from controls […]
- (colloquial) Clipping of subeditor.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subcontractor.
- (slang) Clipping of subwoofer.
- (publishing, colloquial) Clipping of submission (of a work for publication)
- (BDSM, informal) Clipping of submissive.
- 2004, Paul Baker, Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang:
- […] roleplay where a sub or bottom takes care of a top's bodily and hygiene needs […]
- 2007, Laurell K Hamilton, The Harlequin:
- "It means that I'm both a sub and a dom." "Submissive and dominant," I said. He nodded.
- 2008, Lannie Rose, How to Change Your Sex:
- Typically a dom and a sub have a more or less standard routine that they like to go through all the time.
- 2012, “Karai's Vendetta”, in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[1]:
- We're not that kind of sub!
- (colloquial, dated) Clipping of subordinate.
- (colloquial, dated) Clipping of subaltern.
- 1911, J. Milton Hayes, The Green Eye of the Yellow God:
- He was known as 'Mad Carew' by the subs at Khatmandu,
He was hotter than they felt inclined to tell;
But for all his foolish pranks, he was worshipped in the ranks,
And the Colonel's daughter smiled on him as well.
- (colloquial, Internet) Clipping of subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
- I'm totally stoked; just got 10 new subs after my last video.
- (colloquial) Short for subsistence money (part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished)
- (Internet slang) Short for subreddit.
Synonyms
edit- (submarine sandwich): submarine, submarine sandwich; grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, po' boy, spuckie, torpedo, wedge
Hypernyms
edit- (submarine sandwich): sandwich
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Verb
editsub (third-person singular simple present subs, present participle subbing, simple past and past participle subbed)
- (US, informal) To substitute for.
- (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
- (British, informal, soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
- He never really made a contribution to the match, so it was no surprise when he was subbed at half time.
- (British, informal, soccer, less common, often as "sub on") To bring on (a player) as a substitute.
- He was subbed on half way through the second half, and scored within minutes.
- (British) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
- (slang, Internet, transitive) To subtitle (usually a film or television program).
- (UK, slang, transitive) To lend (a person) money.
- 2011, Rowland Rivron, What the F*** Did I Do Last Night?:
- I kept up the pleasantries as we were drying our hands and, realizing I didn't have any change for the lodger, I asked him, one drummer to another like, if he could sub me a quid for the dish.
- (slang, intransitive) To subscribe.
- (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
- 2012, Alicia White, Jessica's Breakdown, page 53:
- You've never subbed before. Jessica will be expecting a man on stage that follows orders and enjoys what she's going to be doing. Do you want to be spanked? Possibly whipped?
- 2012, Tiffany Reisz, Little Red Riding Crop:
- Wasn't like she'd never subbed before. She'd been a sub longer than she'd been a Dominatrix–ten years she'd spent in a collar.
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- switch (one who is willing to take either a sadistic or a masochistic role)
Etymology 2
editPreposition
editsub
Verb
editsub (third-person singular simple present subs, present participle subbing, simple past and past participle subbed)
- To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
- (microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
- 1997, Marina A. Lynch, S. M. O'Mara (editors), Ali D. Hames, D. Rickwood (series editors), Neuroscience Labfax, page 166,
- Ensure that gloves are worn when handling subbed slides. Although the following protocol describes subbing with gelatin, slides may also be coated with either 3-(triethoxysilyl-)propylamine (TESPA) or poly-L-lysine for in situ hybridization.
- 1997, Marina A. Lynch, S. M. O'Mara (editors), Ali D. Hames, D. Rickwood (series editors), Neuroscience Labfax, page 166,
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Noun
editsub c (plural subs)
Esperanto
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editsub
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editsub
Italian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editsub m or f by sense (invariable)
- skin-diver, scuba diver
- Synonym: subacqueo
Etymology 2
editClipping of English submissive.
Noun
editsub m or f by sense (invariable)
- bottom, submissive (BDSM partner)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ sub in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Italic *supo, from Proto-Indo-European *upó. Compare Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó).
The usage with the accusative is from the pre-PIE directional, while with the ablative it is from both the locative, “under”, and the ablative, “from underneath”.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sub/, [s̠ʊb]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sub/, [sub]
Preposition
editsub (+ accusative, ablative)
- (with ablative)
- (with accusative)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Old Galician-Portuguese: sob
- Old Spanish: so
- Spanish: so (in certain fossilized expressions)
- → English: sub
References
edit- “sub”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sub”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sub in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- sub in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- at the foot of the mountain: sub radicibus montis, in infimo monte, sub monte
- in the open air: sub divo
- to come within the sphere of the senses: sub sensum or sub oculos, sub aspectum cadere
- to come within the sphere of the senses: sensibus or sub sensus subiectum esse
- to have to submit to the uncertainties of fortune; to be subject to Fortune's caprice: sub varios incertosque casus subiectum esse
- to be comprised under the term 'fear.: sub metum subiectum esse
- to represent a thing vividly: oculis or sub oculos, sub aspectum subicere aliquid
- graphic depiction: rerum sub aspectum paene subiectio (De Or. 3. 53. 202)
- to give a general idea of a thing: sub unum aspectum subicere aliquid
- to sell a prisoner of war as a slave: aliquem sub corona vendere (B. G. 3. 16)
- the case is still undecided: adhuc sub iudice lis est (Hor. A. P. 77)
- to occupy the foot of a hill: considere sub monte (sub montis radicibus)
- the free men are sold as slaves: libera corpora sub corona (hasta) veneunt (B. G. 3. 16. 4)
- to be subject to some one, under some one's dominion: sub imperio et dicione alicuius esse
- at the foot of the mountain: sub radicibus montis, in infimo monte, sub monte
Portuguese
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Noun
editsub f (plural subs)
- (slang) Alternative form of subcelebridade
- 2018 December 26, Letícia (@leticiaramosccp), Twitter[3]:
- a miley casou em casa e as subs fazendo aquele auê todo p revelação de sexo de bebê kkkkkkkkkkk aiai
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2018 December 28, daniella (@dnifurtado), Twitter[4]:
- As subs que eu sigo no Instagram não estão me dando stories o suficiente
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Romanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin subtus, from sub. Compare Aromanian sum.
Pronunciation
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editsub (+accusative)
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editsub
Swedish
editEtymology
editContraction of subwoofer.
Noun
editsub c
- (slang) a subwoofer, a bass loudspeaker
Declension
editDeclension of sub | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sub | subben | subbar | subbarna |
Genitive | subs | subbens | subbars | subbarnas |
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