Noun: pub púb
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: tavern)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: tavern)
- A building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
"the pub was packed tight"; "The locals gathered at the pub every Friday evening";
- tavern, tap house [archaic], watering hole [informal], public house [Brit], saloon [Brit], pothouse [archaic], gin mill [N. Amer, informal], taphouse [archaic], inn [Brit], groggery [US, archaic], boozer [Brit, informal]
- Spend time in a pub or pubs
"They pubbed all night to celebrate their graduation"
Derived forms: pubbing, pubs, pubbed
Encyclopedia: Pub