doob

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /duːb/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːb

Etymology 1

Doublet of durva. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

doob (uncountable)

  1. 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

Unknown, perhaps related to doob grass.

Noun

doob (plural doobs)

  1. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
    Synonyms: doobie, joint, reefer, spliff, score; see also Thesaurus: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

Anagrams

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *zoob- ~ *doob-.

Noun

doob ?

  1. bachelor

References
  • “doob” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.
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