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Cub CUB, n.
cub n 1: an awkward and inexperienced youth [syn: cub, greenhorn, rookie] 2: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) [syn: cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy] 3: the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion [syn: cub, young carnivore] v 1: give birth to cubs; "bears cub every year"
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cub noun Etymology: probably akin to Middle English cobbe leader of a group, head — more at cob Date: 1530 1. a. a young carnivorous mammal (as a bear, fox, or lion) b. a young shark 2. a young person 3. apprentice; especially an inexperienced newspaper reporter
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cub (cubs) Note: The spelling 'Cub' is also used for meanings 2 and 3. 1. A cub is a young wild animal such as a lion, wolf, or bear. ...three five-week-old lion cubs. N-COUNT: oft n N 2. The Cubs or the Cub Scouts is a version of the Scouts for boys between the ages of eight and ten. N-PROPER-COLL: the N 3. A cub or a cub scout is a boy who is a member of the Cubs. N-COUNT
cub kʌb n. & v. --n. 1 the young of a fox, bear, lion, etc. 2 an ill-mannered young man. 3 (Cub) (in full Cub Scout) a member of the junior branch of the Scout Association. 4 (in full cub reporter) colloq. a young or inexperienced newspaper reporter. 5 US an apprentice. --v.tr. (cubbed, cubbing) (also absol.) give birth to (cubs). øøcubhood n. [16th c.: orig. unkn.]
CUB An unlicked cub; an unformed, ill-educated young man, a young nobleman or gentleman on his travels: an allusion to the story of the bear, said to bring its cub into form by licking. Also, a new gamester.
Cub Cub (k[u^]b), n. [Cf. Ir. cuib cub, whelp, young dog, Ir. & Gael. cu dog; akin to E. hound.] 1. A young animal, esp. the young of the bear. 2. Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy. O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case? --Shak.
Cub Cub, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Cubbed (k[u^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cubbing.] To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons. ``Cubb'd in a cabin.'' --Dryden.
Cub Cub, n. [Cf. Cub a young animal.] 1. A stall for cattle. [Obs.] I would rather have such . . . .in cub or kennel than in my closet or at my table. --Landor. 2. A cupboard. [Obs.] --Laud.
Cub Cub, v. t. To shut up or confine. [Obs.] --Burton.
CUB kub (kubh; the King James Version Chub): The word occurs only in Eze 30:5. There it is almost certainly a corruption, and we should read, as in Septuagint, "Lub," i.e. Libya. Libya, in the earlier part of the same verse (the King James Version), is a mistr of "Put," thus correctly rendered in the Revised Version (British and American).
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cub n. 1. Whelp, young beast (especially a young bear). 2. [In contempt.] Child, young boy or young girl, brat.
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "cub": birdling, boy, bub, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, calf, catling, chick, chickling, chicky, colt, dogie, duckling, fawn, fellow, fledgling, foal, fryer, gosling, hobbledehoy, kid, kit, kitten, lad, laddie, lamb, lambkin, litter, manchild, master, muchacho, nest, nestling, piglet, pigling, polliwog, pullet, pup, puppy, schoolboy, shoat, sonny, sonny boy, tadpole, weaner, whelp, yeanling, young man, youth |
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