Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Pronunciation
- 1.2 Etymology 1
- 1.2.1 Noun
- 1.3 Etymology 2
- 1.3.1 Noun
- 1.3.1.1 Derived terms
- 1.3.1 Noun
- 1.4 Anagrams
- 2 Somali
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Noun
- 2.3 References
English
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Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /duːb/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːb
Etymology 1
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Borrowed from Hindi दूब (dūb). Doublet of durva.
Noun
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doob (uncountable)
- Doob grass.
- Synonym: Bermuda grass
1911, C.M. Hutchinson, “Turf”, in Agricultural Journal Of India, Pusa: Agricultural Research Institute, page 368:
Doob is a shallow rooted plant and obtains its food from the surface layer of soil; most of the other grasses, with which it has to compete, such as motha (Cyperus rotundus), dabhi (Imperata arundinacea) and rari (Saccharum spontaneum) are comparatively deep-rooted; […]
Etymology 2
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Unknown, perhaps related to doob grass.
doob (plural doobs)
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
1996, Eric Bogosian, SubUrbia (motion picture), spoken by Bee-Bee (Dina Spybey-Waters):
I don't smoke doobs and I don't really hang out.
Derived terms
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Anagrams
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Somali
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Etymology
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From Proto-Cush*tic *zoob- ~ *doob-.
Noun
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doob?
References
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- “doob” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.
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