Sub (album)
WordNet

noun


(1)   A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
(2)   A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

verb


(3)   Be a substitute
"The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"
"The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
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Etymology 1


Shortened form of any of various words beginning sub-, such as submarine, subroutine, substitute, subscription.

The sandwich is so called because the bun's cylindrical shape resembles the shape of a submarine.

Noun



  1. A submarine.
  2. A submarine sandwich—a sandwich made on a long bun.
    We can get subs at that deli.
  3. A substitute.
    With the score 4 to 1, they brought in subs.
    She worked as a sub until she got her teaching certificate.
  4. A substitute in a football (soccer) game: someone who comes on in place of another player part way through the game.
  5. Short for subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
  6. A submissive in BDSM practices.
    • 2004, Paul Baker, Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang‎
      ...roleplay where a sub or bottom takes care of a top's bodily and hygiene needs...
    • 2007, Laurell K Hamilton, The Harlequin
      "It means that I'm both a sub and a dom." "Submissive and dominant," I said. He nodded.
    • 2008, Lannie Rose, How to Change Your Sex
      Typically a dom and a sub have a more or less standard routine that they like to go through all the time.

Verb



  1. To substitute for.
  2. To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
  3. To replace (a player) with a substitute.
    He never really made a contribution to the match, so it was no surprise when he was subbed at half time.
  4. Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.
    He was subbed on half way through the second half, and scored within minutes.
  5. To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
 
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