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cub

1

[ kuhb ]

noun

  1. the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
  2. a young shark.
  3. a young and inexperienced person, especially a callow youth or young man.
  4. a young person serving as an apprentice.
  5. (initial capital letter) Aeronautics, Trademark. any small, light monoplane with a high wing, a single engine, and an enclosed cabin.


verb (used without object)

cubbed, cubbing.
  1. to work as a cub reporter.
  2. (of a female bear, lion, tiger, etc.) to give birth to a cub or cubs.
  3. to hunt fox cubs.

cub.

2

abbreviation for

  1. cubic.

Cub

1

/ ʌ /

noun

  1. short for Cub Scout
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cub

2

/ ʌ /

noun

  1. the young of certain animals, such as the lion, bear, etc
  2. a young or inexperienced person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to give birth to (cubs)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܲ, adverb
  • ˈܲ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܲb adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cub1

First recorded in 1520–30; perhaps from Scandinavian; compare Old Norse kobbi “young seal,” kubbr “stump,” hence, “short, thick-set person”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cub1

C16: perhaps from Old Norse kubbi young seal; see cob 1
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A leopard climbs a tree, her cub observing from below before instinctively following her lead.

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The department has also not confirmed the sightings of any adult female lion searching or calling for her cubs.

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Rajab Butt, who has 5.6 million subscribers, was pictured with the cub after he was given it at his wedding last month by the owner of another YouTube channel.

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Three years later she was a media star after giving birth to Hamish - the first polar bear cub to be born in the UK in 25 years.

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"He is the oldest lynx we have here, and he's fathered plenty of cubs ever since," says Sarmento.

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