rubadub

See also: Rubadub

English

Etymology

Imitative.

Noun

rubadub (countable and uncountable, plural rubadubs)

The sound of a drum being continuously beaten.
(by extension) A clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.
- July 17 1850, Daniel Webster, "a speech", documented in Notes and Queries
  the rubadub of the abolition presses
A Jamaican style of dance with suggestive rubbing or grinding motions.
(Cockney rhyming slang) A pub or club
- 2011, Roger Protz, Good Beer Guide‎:
  The first rub-a-dub on this tour of hostelries is remarkable in many ways. The Black Lion at 59 High Street, Plaistow, E13 (see entry), dates from the 15th century and was rebuilt as a coaching inn in 1875.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 rubadub under Ruba-dub in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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