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Noun: pub  púb
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: tavern)
  1. 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]
Verb: pub (pubbed,pubbing)  púb
  1. Spend time in a pub or pubs
    "They pubbed all night to celebrate their graduation"

Derived forms: pubbing, pubs, pubbed

Type of: building, edifice

Encyclopedia: Pub