juwaub

English

Etymology

From Hindi [Term?] (“an answer”).

Noun

juwaub (plural juwaubs)

1. (India, dated, British military slang) A formal refusal.
   • 1836, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia, page 97:

     These offices are often to be filled up, their untiring perseverance occasioning the secession of a member, who, after having sustained repeated juwaubs, is accepted at last, […]

Verb

juwaub (third-person singular simple present juwaubs, present participle juwaubing, simple past and past participle juwaubed)

1. (transitive, India, dated, British military slang) To refuse or rebuff.