• (America, RP) IPA: /pʌb/
• (Northern England) IPA: /pʊb/

pub (plural pubs)

1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.

   Synonyms: Thesaurus:pub

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC ↗:

     Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub.

• French: pub, bar, estaminet, taverne
• German: Kneipe, Bar, Lokal, Pub, Schankwirtschaft, Wirtschaft, Pinte
• Italian: pub, osteria
• Portuguese: bar, taberna, cervejaria
• Russian: бар
• Spanish: pub, bar, taberna

pub (pubs, present participle pubbing; simple past and past participle pubbed)

1. (informal, intransitive) To go to one or more public houses.

pub (plural pubs)

1. (video games, slang) A public server.

pub (plural pubs)

1. Clipping of publication

   registered pubs

pub (pubs, present participle pubbing; simple past and past participle pubbed)

1. (informal, transitive) to publish

pub (plural pubs)

1. Clipping of publisher