Rübe
21Rübe — 1. Futterrübe, Runkelrübe; (österr., schweiz.): Runkel; (landsch.): Dickrübe, Dickwurz, Rummel. 2. Kopf; (ugs.): Ballon, Keks, Kürbis, Schädel; (salopp): Birne, Erbse; (landsch.): Dez; (landsch. salopp): Nischel; (schweiz. derb): Grind; …
22rube — [[t]ru͟ːb[/t]] rubes N COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to a man or boy as a rube, you consider him stupid and uneducated because he comes from the countryside. [AM, INFORMAL] He s no rube. He s a very smart guy. Syn: hick …
23rube — mar·rube; rube; …
24rube — UK [ruːb] / US [rub] noun [countable] Word forms rube : singular rube plural rubes American informal an insulting word for someone who comes from the countryside …
25rube — noun Etymology: Rube, nickname for Reuben Date: 1896 1. an awkward unsophisticated person ; rustic 2. a naive or inexperienced person …
26rube — /roohb/, n. Informal. an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick. [1895 1900; generic use of RUBE; cf. earlier use of REUBEN in same sense] * * * …
27Rube — Originally a rube was a farmer character in a play. Later the term came to refer to any scene or show with a rural setting or atmosphere. The term was frequently employed, for example by George M. Cohan, who used the term in his song lyrics as …
28Rübe — Berufsübernamen zu mhd. ruobe, rüebe »Rübe« für einen Bauern oder Übernamen nach einem bildlichen Vergleich bzw. nach dem Bestandteil der Ernährung. Rüben und Kohl waren im Mittelalter die Hauptnahrungsmittel der armen Leute …
29Rübe — 1. Nase, Kopf und 2. Bruder. Eine rote Rübe meint nicht nur eine rote Nase, sondern auch eine rote Socke …
30rube — n A clumsy, unsophisticated person from the country. I must have looked like some rube when I signed the contract to buy the Brooklyn Bridge. 1920s …
