pub
verbEtymology Clipping of public house.
1
Informal To go to one or more public houses.
- Related terms
- inn, off-licence, tavern
pub
nounUS, UK /pʌb/ · Northern-England /pʊb/
Etymology Clipping of public house.
1
Commonwealth, Ireland, UK A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.
- Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2021, page 52:
- Synonyms
- alehouse, boozer, boozing ken, bousing ken, drinker, drinkery, gargle-factory, gin joint, groggery, local, nineteenth hole, pot-house, pub, public house, rummery, saloon, tavern, watering hole
- Derived terms
32 terms
brewpub, corner pub, gastropub, Irish pub, managed pub, micropub, pedal pub, pubbish, pubby, pub cheese, pub crawl, pub-crawl, pub crawler, pub cricket, pubgoer, pub-goer, pub golf, pub grub, pubkeeper, publand, publands, publess, publike, pubmate, pub quiz, pub rock, pub test, pubwards, restopub, ruin pub, superpub, tied pub- Related terms
- call time, closing time, drinking-up time, happy hour, last call, last orders, lock-in, prop up the bar, pub crawl, café, lodging place, liquor store, restaurant
- Hypernyms
- building, enterprise, business, establishment
- Hyponyms
31 terms
barrelhouse, bar, beer parlour, bierkeller, blind tiger, blind pig, brewpub, cabaret, cantina, cocktail lounge, dive, free house, gastropub, gin mill, hedge alehouse, honky-tonk, inn, jook house, juke, juke joint, liquor lounge, lounge, managed house, micropub, nightclub, rathskeller, ruin pub, speakeasy, sports bar, tied house, trad pub- Meronyms
36 terms
barroom, beer garden, cellar, ladies' lounge, public bar, saloon bar, taproom, barkeep, barkeeper, barman, barmaid, bartender, landlord, mixologist, pubkeeper, publican, pub crawler, pubgoer, regular, beer engine, beer line, beer mat, chair, table, alcohol, beer, beverage, booze, wine, pickled egg, pickled onion, ploughman's lunch, pork scratching, pub golf, pub quiz, shove ha'penny