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noun
One of various species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family, especially:
A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus)
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noun
One of various species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family, especially:
In Europe, its close relatives, notably the fallfish.
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noun
Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes.
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noun
Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes.
In North America, a black bass.
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Usage: broadly
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noun
A chubby, plump, or overweight person.
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Usage: countable, slang
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noun
An overweight gay man who is part of the chubby subculture.
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Usage: countable, slang, specifically
Topics: LGBT
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noun
An erection of the penis.
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Usage: countable, slang
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noun
A plastic or other flexible package of meat, usually ground meat or luncheon meat.
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Usage: countable
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noun
Excess body fat.
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Usage: informal, uncountable
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verb
To stop a bill from being passed using procedural delays.
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Usage: Texas, US
Topics: government, politics
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noun
European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Leuciscus cephalus
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Broader terms: cyprinid, cyprinid fish
History
From chub (“short, thick fish species used as bait"; used metaphorically since 1558 for "lazy person”), from Middle English chubbe (“chub (the river fish)”), recorded since c.1450, probably an assibilated form of cub (“a lump, heap, mass”) and cob, from Middle English *cubbe (found only in derivative cubbel (“a block to which an animal is tethered”)), from Old Norse kubbr, kumbr (“block, stump, log”) and/or Old Norse kumben (“stumpy”), see kobbi. Cognate with Icelandic kubbur (“block, cube”), Norwegian kubb, kubbe (“block, stump, log”), Swedish kubb (“block, log”), and perhaps to Icelandic kubba (“to hew, chop, lop”) and Russian кубышка (kubyška). More at cob, kibble.
Back-formation from chubby.
Across languages
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