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cub
1[ kuhb ]
noun
- the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- a young shark.
- a young and inexperienced person, especially a callow youth or young man.
- a young person serving as an apprentice.
- (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.
- to work as a cub reporter.
- (of a female bear, lion, tiger, etc.) to give birth to a cub or cubs.
- to hunt fox cubs.
cub.
2abbreviation for
- cubic.
Cub
1/ ʌ /
noun
- short for Cub Scout
cub
2/ ʌ /
noun
- the young of certain animals, such as the lion, bear, etc
- a young or inexperienced person
verb
- to give birth to (cubs)
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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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