What does CUB mean?

Definitions for CUB
kʌbcub

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cub, greenhorn, rookienoun

    an awkward and inexperienced youth

  2. cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boynoun

    a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)

  3. cub, young carnivoreverb

    the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion

  4. cubverb

    give birth to cubs

    "bears cub every year"

Wiktionary

  1. Cubnoun

    A member of the Cub Scouts.

  2. Cubnoun

    A player on the team the "Chicago Cubs".

    Jones became a Cub as the result of a pre-season trade.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. CUBnoun

    Etymology: of uncertain etymology.

    I would outstare the sternest eyes that look,
    Pluck the young sucking cubs from the she-bear. William Shakespeare.

    This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch,
    The lion, and the belly pinched wolf,
    Keep their fur dry. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    In the eagle’s destroying one fox’s cubs, there’s power executed with oppression. Roger L'Estrange, Fable 72.

    Two mighty whales, which swelling seas had tost,
    One as a mountain vast, and with her came
    A cub, not much inferior to his dame. Edmund Waller.

    O thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be,
    When time hath sow’d a grizzle on thy case?
    Or will not else thy craft so quickly grow,
    That thine own trip shall be thine overthrow? William Shakespeare.

    O most comical sight! a country squire, with the equipage of a wife and two daughters, came to Mr. Snipwel’s shop last night; but, such two unlicked cubs! William Congreve.

  2. To Cubverb

    To bring forth: used of beasts, or of a woman in contempt.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    Cub’d in a cabbin, on a mattress laid,
    On a brown George with lousy swabbers fed;
    Dead wine, that stinks of the Borrachio, sup
    From a foul jack, or greasy mapple cup. John Dryden, Pers. Sat.

ChatGPT

  1. cub

    A cub is usually defined as a young, immature member of a certain animal species, mainly predatory mammals like bears, lions, tigers, or foxes. It is used until the animal reaches the juvenile or adult stage.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cubnoun

    a young animal, esp. the young of the bear

  2. Cubnoun

    jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy

  3. Cub

    to bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons

  4. Cubnoun

    a stall for cattle

  5. Cubnoun

    a cupboard

  6. Cubverb

    to shut up or confine

  7. Etymology: [Cf. Ir. cuib cub, whelp, young dog, Ir. & Gael. cu dog; akin to E. hound.]

Wikidata

  1. Cub

    Cub was an indie rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia that formed in 1992 and disbanded in 1997. They played a melodic, jangly form of pop punk that was dubbed "cuddlecore" by some music critics. Their song "New York City" was covered by They Might Be Giants on their album Factory Showroom, and their song "Little Star" was covered by Washington's Sicko on their album, Laugh While You Can Monkey Boy.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Cub

    kub, n. the young of certain animals, as foxes, &c.: a whelp: a young boy or girl (in contempt).—v.i. to bring forth young:—pr.p. cub′bing; pa.p. cubbed.—adjs. Cub′bish, like a cub: awkward; Cub′-drawn (Shak.), drawn or sucked by cubs.—n. Cub′hood.—adj. Cub′less, without cubs. [Prob. Celt., as Ir. cuib, a whelp, from cu, a dog.]

  2. Cub

    kub, n. a cattle-pen: chest.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CUB in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CUB in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of CUB in a Sentence

  1. Mark Russ:

    On the (rafting) trip reports, they were talking about seeing a bear cub ... again and again, they kept saying they’d been seeing the bear in the same location for days and they were starting to grow concerned about mama bear being dead or gone.

  2. Don Neiffer:

    We immediately noticed that the little cub had not increased in weight, appeared weaker and was exhibiting possible respiratory issues, despite extreme efforts on the part of our dedicated staff, we weren't able to change things.

  3. Stephen Medlicott:

    Cub Scouts is a lot of fun, and now it's available to all kids, that's why we love' Scout Me In' -- because it speaks to girls and boys and tells them,' This is for you. We want you to join !'.

  4. Brian Stenzler:

    It's kind of like a mother bear, you come near a cub, that mother will do anything they have to do.

  5. Liz Joice:

    I got a lot more reasons to fight now than I did before, and I did a pretty good damn job the first time, so I don’t expect this will be any different, i ’m in mama bear mode — you’re messing with my cub, and I ’m gon na take you out.

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