Definitions for subs

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subs sub

Spelling: [suhb]

IPA: /sʌb/

Subs is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 19 anagrams from letters in subs (bssu).

Definitions for subs

noun

1. a submarine.
2. a substitute.
3. a submarine sandwich. See hero sandwich.
4. a subcontractor.
5. a sublieutenant.
6. a subordinate.
7. a subaltern.
8. British. an advance against one's wages, especially one granted as a subsistence allowance.
9. Photography. a substratum.

verb (used with object)

1. Photography. to coat (a film or plate) with a substratum.

verb (used without object)

1. to act as a substitute for another.

Origin of subs

by shortening of words prefixed with sub-

Examples for subs

And as more new AIP subs enter service, denying the problem is less and less of an option.

Aiming at the white wake of the subs periscope he let go a depth bomb.

We gave them subs plenty, comin over, came from another statue.

I know he was thinking of sacking one of the subs, and he might take you on.

I ended up starting a sub shop called the Cheba Hut “Toasted” subs, and the camper van is our mascot.

In fact, the subs earned the named Bigfoots because some considered them a myth.

I am still on the destroyer, Shaw, and we hunt ‘subs’ most every day.

The loss of those two subs seems to have broken the pack up.

As difficult as these subs are to detect, the situation is not hopeless.

It had advanced sonar—aimed not at the ocean floor but at other subs and shipping—and drew a blank.