how to pronounce rub

/ɹʌb/

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rub is pronounced in one syllable

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video examples of rub pronunciation

An example use of rub in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… but she asked that i rub him i did okay …”

meaning of rub

Rub means to press or rub something with the hands or a cloth.

rub frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word rub occurs in english on average 14.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics rub can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that rub can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;