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- 1 A member of the Cub Scouts.
- 2 The young of certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger.
"a Childe of Lacedemon suffered all his belly and gutts to be torne out by a Cubbe or young Foxe, which he had stolne, and kept close under his garment, rather then he would discover his theft."
- 3 Acronym of cashed-up bogan. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 4 Initialism of cashed-up bogan. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 5 the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion wordnet
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- 6 A player on the team the "Chicago Cubs".
"Jones became a Cub as the result of a pre-season trade."
- 7 A child, especially an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy. derogatory, humorous
"O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be / When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case?"
- 8 a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) wordnet
- 9 A young man who seeks relationships with older women, or "cougars". slang
- 10 an awkward and inexperienced youth wordnet
- 11 A stall for cattle. obsolete
"[...] I would rather have such a good mother in cub or kennel, than in my closet, or at my table."
- 12 Synonym of cub reporter.
"Swain has interviewed 67 reporters on 16 metropolitan dailies in 10 cities — from cubs to veterans — who talk candidly […]"
- 13 A furry character that is a child (i.e. under the age of adulthood). slang
- 14 Clipping of cub porn or cub art. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
"Ew, I didn't know he also drew cub..."
- 15 A boy or young man. Northern-Ireland, Ulster
"A man who reared ten cubs and three cutties."
- 16 a younger (or younger-looking) "bear" type of man. slang
- 1 To give birth to cubs.
- 2 give birth to cubs wordnet
- 3 To hunt fox cubs.
"He knew that, only a few hours from London, the Hunt was cubbing over his ancestral and much-mortgaged acres, while his own horse ate its head off in a stable."
- 4 To shut up or confine. obsolete
"to fall from heaven to hell, to be cubbed up upon a sudden"
Etymology
From earlier cubbe. Origin unknown. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Germanic *kubb-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”). Compare Icelandic and Old Norse kobbi (“seal”), Old Irish cuib (“whelp”). Compare also English cob. Originally, the meaning was specifically "young fox", in which sense it has largely replaced English whelp.
From earlier cubbe. Origin unknown. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Germanic *kubb-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”). Compare Icelandic and Old Norse kobbi (“seal”), Old Irish cuib (“whelp”). Compare also English cob. Originally, the meaning was specifically "young fox", in which sense it has largely replaced English whelp.
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