These are the meanings of the letters TUBIG when you unscramble them.
- Big (n.)
Alt. of Bigg
- Big (superl.)
Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.
- Big (superl.)
Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.
- Big (superl.)
Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.
- Big (v. t.)
Alt. of Bigg
- Bit ()
3d sing. pr. of Bid, for biddeth.
- Bit ()
imp. & p. p. of Bite.
- Bit ()
of Bite
- Bit (imp.)
of Bite
- Bit (v.)
A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a mite.
- Bit (v.)
A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock.
- Bit (v.)
Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.
- Bit (v.)
In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents.
- Bit (v.)
Somewhat; something, but not very great.
- Bit (v.)
The cutting iron of a plane.
- Bit (v.)
The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.
- Bit (v.)
The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
- Bit (v. t.)
To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.
- Bug (n.)
A bugbear; anything which terrifies.
- Bug (n.)
A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.
- Bug (n.)
An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (C. lectularius). See Bedbug.
- Bug (n.)
One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.
- Bug (n.)
One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.
- But (adv. & conj.)
Except with; unless with; without.
- But (adv. & conj.)
Except; besides; save.
- But (adv. & conj.)
Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.
- But (adv. & conj.)
On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind.
- But (adv. & conj.)
Only; solely; merely.
- But (adv. & conj.)
Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.
- But (n.)
A limit; a boundary.
- But (n.)
The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt.
- But (prep., adv. & conj.)
The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room.
- But (v. i.)
See Butt, v., and Abut, v.
- But (v. t.)
A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint.
- But (v. t.)
A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
- But (v. t.)
A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
- But (v. t.)
A mark to be shot at; a target.
- But (v. t.)
A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.
- But (v. t.)
A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
- But (v. t.)
A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.
- But (v. t.)
A thrust in fencing.
- But (v. t.)
The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
- But (v. t.)
The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
- But (v. t.)
The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
- But (v. t.)
The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
- But (v. t.)
The thicker end of anything. See But.
- But (v. t.)
The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
- Gib (n.)
A male cat; a tomcat.
- Gib (n.)
A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw.
- Gib (v. i.)
To act like a cat.
- Gib (v. i.)
To balk. See Jib, v. i.
- Gib (v. t.)
To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs.
- Git (n.)
See Geat.
- Gut (n.)
A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.
- Gut (n.)
An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.
- Gut (n.)
One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut.
- Gut (n.)
The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line.
- Gut (v. t.)
To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the bouse.
- Gut (v. t.)
To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate.
- Tub (i.)
To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.
- Tub (n.)
A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners.
- Tub (n.)
A small cask; as, a tub of gin.
- Tub (n.)
A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
- Tub (n.)
An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes.
- Tub (n.)
Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously.
- Tub (n.)
The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc.
- Tub (v. t.)
To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.
- Tug (n.)
A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.
- Tug (n.)
A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.
- Tug (n.)
A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
- Tug (n.)
A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
- Tug (n.)
An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
- Tug (v. i.)
To labor; to strive; to struggle.
- Tug (v. i.)
To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.
- Tug (v. t.)
To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.
- Tug (v. t.)
To pull; to pluck.
- tui (unknown)
Sorry. I don't have the meaning of this word.