cub
Meanings
Plural: cubs
Noun
- an awkward and inexperienced youth
- a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
- the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion
- The young of wild dogs and big cats, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger.
- A child, especially an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy.
- A young man who seeks relationships with older women, or "cougars".
- A stall for cattle.
- Synonym of cub reporter.
- A furry character that is a child (i.e. under the age of adulthood).
- Clipping of cub porn or cub art.
- A boy or young man.
- a younger (or younger-looking) "bear" type of man.
- Acronym of cashed-up bogan.
Verb
- give birth to cubs
- "bears cub every year"
- To give birth to cubs.
- To hunt fox cubs.
- To shut up or confine.
Origin / 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.
Scrabble Score: 7
cub is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordcub is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cub is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
cub is a valid Words With Friends word