Definitions for cubkʌb

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cubkʌb(n.)

  1. the young of certain animals, esp. the bear, wolf, lion, and whale.

    Category: Mammals

  2. a young shark.

    Category: Ichthyology

  3. a young and inexperienced person, esp. a callow youth or young man.

  4. a young person serving as an apprentice.

  5. Category: Journalism

    Ref: cub reporter.

  6. Ref: cub scout.

Origin of cub:

1520–30; orig. uncert.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. cub, greenhorn, rookie(noun)

    an awkward and inexperienced youth

  2. cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy(noun)

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

  3. cub, young carnivore(verb)

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

  4. cub(verb)

    give birth to cubs

    "bears cub every year"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. cub(noun)ʌb

    a young bear or big cat

    lion cubs

Wiktionary

  1. Cub(ProperNoun)

    A member of the Cub Scouts.

  2. Cub(ProperNoun)

    A player on the team the "Chicago Cubs".

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

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cub(noun)

    a young animal, esp. the young of the bear

  2. Cub(noun)

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

  3. Cub(u)

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

  4. Cub(noun)

    a stall for cattle

  5. Cub(noun)

    a cupboard

  6. Cub(verb)

    to shut up or confine


Translations for cub

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

cub(noun)

the young of certain animals such as foxes, lions etc

a bear cub.

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