noun
Meaning 1
A member of the Cub Scouts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Cub
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /kʌb/
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Ireland, Northern-England: /kʊb/
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rhymes with -ʌb
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CMU ARPABET: K AH1 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A player on the team the "Chicago Cubs".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- Jones became a Cub as the result of a pre-season trade.
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noun
Meaning 3
The young of certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger.
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noun
Meaning 4
A child, especially an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, humorous
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noun
Meaning 5
A young man who seeks relationships with older women, or "cougars".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 6
A stall for cattle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 7
Synonym of cub reporter.
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Synonyms: cub reporter
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noun
Meaning 8
A furry character that is a child (i.e. under the age of adulthood).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 9
Clipping of cub porn or cub art.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
Topics: lifestyle
Examples
- Ew, I didn't know he also drew cub...
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noun
Meaning 10
A boy or young man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-Ireland, Ulster
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noun
Meaning 11
a younger (or younger-looking) "bear" type of man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: LGBT
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noun
Meaning 12
Acronym of cashed-up bogan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 13
Initialism of cashed-up bogan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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verb
Meaning 14
To give birth to cubs.
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verb
Meaning 15
To hunt fox cubs.
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verb
Meaning 16
To shut up or confine.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 17
the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: young carnivore
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: young mammal
Narrower terms: lion cub, bear cub, tiger cub
noun
Meaning 18
a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: male child, boy
noun
Meaning 19
an awkward and inexperienced youth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: greenhorn, rookie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate
verb
Meaning 20
give birth to cubs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- bears cub every year
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Broader terms: give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
130 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: هِجْرِس (hijris) — young fox
- Arabic: جَرْو (jarw) — young fox
- Bashkir: төлкө балаһы (tölkö balahı) — young fox
- Basque: azerikume — young fox
- Danish: ræveunge — young fox
- Danish: rævehvalp — young fox
- Esperanto: vulpido — young fox
- Finnish: ketunpentu — young fox
- French: renardeau — young fox
- Georgian: ლეკვი (leḳvi) — young fox
- German: Fuchswelpe — young fox
- German: Fuchsjunges — young fox
- German: Fuchsbaby — young fox
- Ancient Greek: σκύλαξ (skúlax) — young fox
- Hungarian: rókafi — young fox
- Icelandic: yrðlingur — young fox
- Ido: foxyuno — young fox
- Interlingua: vulpino — young fox
- Italian: volpino — young fox
- Mongolian: үнэгний зулзага (ünegnii zulzaga) — young fox
- Mongolian: гавар (gavar) — young fox
- Polish: lisię — young fox
- Polish: szczenię — young fox
- Romanian: vulpan — young fox
- Russian: лисёнок (lisjónok) — young fox
- Turkish: tilki yavrusu — young fox
- Volapük: renarül — young fox
- Afrikaans: welpie — the young of certain animals
- Albanian: këlysh — the young of certain animals
- Arabic: شِبْل (šibl) — the young of certain animals
- Arabic: دَيْسَم (daysam) — the young of certain animals
- Armenian: ձագ (jag) — the young of certain animals
- Armenian: քոթոթ (kʻotʻotʻ) — the young of certain animals
- Armenian: կորյուն (koryun) — the young of certain animals
- Assamese: পোৱালী (püali) — the young of certain animals
- Bashkir: бала (bala) — the young of certain animals
- Basque: kume — the young of certain animals
- Bulgarian: кутре (kutre) — the young of certain animals
- Catalan: cadell — the young of certain animals
- Chinese Mandarin: 幼獸 /幼兽 (yòushòu) — the young of certain animals
- Chinese Mandarin: 崽 (zǎi) — the young of certain animals
- Czech: mládě — the young of certain animals
- Danish: unge — the young of certain animals
- Southwestern Dinka: adur — the young of certain animals
- Dutch: welp — the young of certain animals
- Esperanto: ido — the young of certain animals
- Esperanto: lupido — the young of certain animals
- Esperanto: leonido — the young of certain animals
- Esperanto: ursido — the young of certain animals
- Esperanto: tigrido — the young of certain animals
- Finnish: pentu — the young of certain animals
- French: petit — the young of certain animals
- French: cheau — the young of certain animals
- French: see ourson — the young of certain animals
- French: renardeau — the young of certain animals
- French: louveteau — the young of certain animals
- French: lionceau — the young of certain animals
- French: etc. — the young of certain animals
- Georgian: ბელი (beli) — the young of certain animals
- Georgian: ლეკვი (leḳvi) — the young of certain animals
- Georgian: ბოკვერი (boḳveri) — the young of certain animals
- German: Junges — the young of certain animals
- German: Welpe — the young of certain animals
- German: Dachsjunges (badger) — the young of certain animals
- German: Bärenjunges — the young of certain animals
- German: Gepardenjunges — the young of certain animals
- German: Leopardenjunges (leopard) — the young of certain animals
- German: Löwenbaby — the young of certain animals
- German: Löwenjunges — the young of certain animals
- German: Pandajunges (panda) — the young of certain animals
- German: Tigerbaby — the young of certain animals
- German: Tigerjunges — the young of certain animals
- German: Wolfsjunges — the young of certain animals
- German: Braunbärenjunges — the young of certain animals
- German: Eisbärenjunges — the young of certain animals
- German: Eisbärjunges — the young of certain animals
- Greek: σκύμνος (skýmnos) — the young of certain animals
- Ancient Greek: σκύλαξ (skúlax) — the young of certain animals
- Ancient Greek: σκύμνος (skúmnos) — the young of certain animals
- Hebrew: גּוּר (gur) — the young of certain animals
- Hindi: शावक (śāvak) — the young of certain animals
- Hungarian: kölyök — the young of certain animals
- Hungarian: bocs — the young of certain animals
- Ido: -yuno — the young of certain animals
- Interlingua: ursino — the young of certain animals
- Interlingua: leonino — the young of certain animals
- Interlingua: lupino — the young of certain animals
- Italian: cucciolo — the young of certain animals
- Italian: see bear cub — the young of certain animals
- Italian: fox cub — the young of certain animals
- Italian: etc — the young of certain animals
- Japanese: 子 (ko) — the young of certain animals
- Japanese: 幼獣 (yōjū) — the young of certain animals
- Khmer: កូន (koon) — the young of certain animals
- Latin: catulus — the young of certain animals
- Macedonian: младенче (mladenče) — the young of certain animals
- Maltese: ferħ — the young of certain animals
- Maltese: ferħa — the young of certain animals
- Mingrelian: ბოთური (boturi) — the young of certain animals
- Mongolian: зулзага (zulzaga) — the young of certain animals
- Mongolian: бамбарууш (bambaruuš) — the young of certain animals
- Mongolian: бэлтрэг (beltreg) — the young of certain animals
- Pannonian Rusyn: младе (mlade) — the young of certain animals
- Persian: توله (tulle) — the young of certain animals
- Polish: młode — the young of certain animals
- Portuguese: filhote — the young of certain animals
- Portuguese: cachorro — the young of certain animals
- Portuguese: cria — the young of certain animals
- Romanian: pui — the young of certain animals
- Russian: детёныш (detjónyš) — the young of certain animals
- Russian: медвежо́нок (medvežónok) — the young of certain animals
- Russian: лисёнок (lisjónok) — the young of certain animals
- Russian: волчо́нок (volčónok) — the young of certain animals
- Russian: львёнок (lʹvjónok) — the young of certain animals
- Russian: тигрёнок (tigrjónok) — the young of certain animals
- Russian: etc. — the young of certain animals
- Sanskrit: पोत (pota) — the young of certain animals
- Scottish Gaelic: isean — the young of certain animals
- Scottish Gaelic: cuilean — the young of certain animals
- Serbo-Croatian: mladunče — the young of certain animals
- Slovak: mláďa — the young of certain animals
- Sotho: tawana — the young of certain animals
- Spanish: cachorro — the young of certain animals
- Spanish: leoncillo — the young of certain animals
- Spanish: lobezno — the young of certain animals
- Spanish: lobato — the young of certain animals
- Spanish: osezno — the young of certain animals
- Telugu: కూన (kūna) — the young of certain animals
- Turkish: yavru — the young of certain animals
- Unami: màxkwtët — the young of certain animals