loob

English

Pronunciation
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Etymology 1

From Cornish lūb (“slime, sludge”), or from lubricant?

Noun

loob (countable and uncountable, plural loobs)

  1. (mining, dialect) the clay or slime washed from tin ore in dressing

Etymology 2

Phonetic respelling of the first syllable of lubricant.

Noun

loob (countable and uncountable, plural loobs)

  1. (slang) lubricant, especially social lubricant

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for loob in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Manx

Noun

loob m (genitive singular loob, plural loobyn)

  1. Alternative form of lhoob

Pangasinan

Noun

loob

  1. interior; inside

Sambali

Noun

loob

  1. interior; inside

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Pangasinan loob, Sambali loob, and Bikol Central laog.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: lo‧ob
  • IPA(key): /loˈʔob/, [loˈʔob]

Noun

loób

  1. inside; interior; inner part
    Synonym: interyor
  2. will; volition; disposition
    Synonyms: kalooban, kagustuhan, kaibigan
  3. courage; valor
    Synonyms: tapang, giting, lakas ng loob
  4. manners; behavior
    Synonyms: asal, ugali

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