Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To draw out and twist (a strand of silk or other textile fiber) in preparation for spinning.
- noun A soft thick nub in yarn that is either an imperfection or purposely set for a desired effect.
- noun A slightly twisted roll of fiber, as of silk or cotton.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Loose mud; mire.
- noun Wool slightly twisted preparatory to spinning, usually that which has been carded.
- To twist slightly after carding, so as to prepare for spinning: said of woolen yarn.
- noun A lump or thick piece of cotton which becomes attached to or twisted into the yarn during the process of spinning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; -- called also
slubbing . - transitive verb To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
thickened portion orknot found onlinen yarn , caused bydefects . - noun
Sludge . - noun
Fabric fiber produced by slubbing. - verb To
draw andtwist fibers in order to prepare them forspinning .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Which one would look better paired with my cotton slub?
Regretsy – Gag Gift 2010
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Im glad its different from ‘cotton slub’, no one wants cotton slub on their wedding dress…
Regretsy – I Don’t 2010
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Remind me never to buy a wedding dress where the description includes the terms “slub” and “raw dege”.
Regretsy – I Don’t 2010
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What the hell does this fat slub know who is weaker or stronger.
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All were covered or upholstered in blue slub-satin that she suspected was raw silk; a deeper blue carpet covered the floor, and the walls were papered in blue and white stripes.
red dust Ryn Cricket 2010
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A speech-impeded or misunderstood/misspelled besmirchment of character “Yo mama, she a slub.”
Regretsy – I Don’t 2010
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Dave Griffiths, another huge inspiration, officially joined slub for a gig at Sonar.
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Tom Armitage wrote a nicewired article interviewing us slub about live coding.
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Tom Armitage wrote a nicewired article interviewing us slub about live coding.
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Dave Griffiths, another huge inspiration, officially joined slub for a gig at Sonar.
gangerh commented on the word slub
'He felt the textural variation of slubs of chewing gum compressed by decades of traffic' - from Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo
February 5, 2008
qms commented on the word slub
Opinions differ on the slub.
Descriptivists see a useful nub.
Prescriptivists claim
The thing is a shame,
A lump in the line is a flub!
August 10, 2014