cub
Plural: cubs
Noun
- The young of certain carnivorous animals, such as bears or lions.
- 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 certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, 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.
Examples
- Even a CUB player can sometimes luck into a triple-word score in Words With Friends.
- Ew, I didn't know he also drew cub...
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: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcub: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cub: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
cub: valid Words With Friends Word