Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
rub-a-dub is a noun meaning "the sound made by beating a drum". It carries one recorded sense.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for rub-a-dub come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.