Usually means: Bathing rhythm or playful sound.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word rub-a-dub:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. rub-a-dub: Merriam-Webster
  2. rub-a-dub: Vocabulary.com
  3. Rub-a-dub, rub-a-dub: Wordnik
  4. rub-a-dub: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. rub-a-dub: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. rub-a-dub: Dictionary.com
  7. rub-a-dub: Online Etymology Dictionary
  8. rub-a-dub: Rhymezone
  9. rub-a-dub: FreeDictionary.org
  10. rub-a-dub: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. rub-a-dub: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. rub-a-dub: Wiktionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rub-a-dub: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. rub-a-dub, rub-a-dub: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. rub-a-dub: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Rub-a-Dub: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Rub-a-dub)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of rubadub [The sound of a drum being continuously beaten.]

Similar:
drumbeat, rubbing, rubbra, rub up, rub along, rubefacient, rubine, ruby, dubbin, rub down, more...

Opposite:
stillness, silence, quiet
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Similar:
drumbeat, rubbing, rubbra, rub up, rub along, rubefacient, rubine, ruby, dubbin, rub down, more...

Opposite:
stillness, silence, quiet



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