Other forms: lubes
Lube is the garage word for oil or grease between moving metal parts. Squirt some lube on it, chain lube, needs lube.
It is a clipping of lubricant and belongs to workshops and bicycles. Chain lube comes in wet and dry kinds: wet for rain and dry for dust, and using the wrong one collects grit and wears the chain faster than none at all.
1nounlubeThe oil or grease put between moving metal parts.
“The mechanic put some lube on the stiff hinges of the garage door.”
lube is a substance.
A clipping of lubricant, from Latin lubricus, slippery.
a clipping of lubricant.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA