Cub

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The young of certain carnivorous animals, such as the bear, wolf, or lion.
  • n. A youth, especially one who is inexperienced, awkward, or ill-mannered.
  • n. A novice or learner, particularly in newspaper reporting.
  • n. A Cub Scout.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A young fox.
  • n. The young of certain other animals, including the bear, wolf, lion and whale.
  • v. To give birth to cubs
  • v. To hunt fox cubs
  • v. To shut up or confine.
  • initialism. cashed up bogan.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A young animal, esp. the young of the bear.
  • n. Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy.
  • v. To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons.
  • n. A stall for cattle.
  • n. A cupboard.
  • v. To shut up or confine.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The young of certain quadrupeds, especially of the bear, fox, and wolf, also of the lion and tiger (more commonly whelp), and rarely of the dog and some others; a puppy; a whelp.
  • n. A coarse or uncouth boy or girl: in contempt or reprobation.
  • n. Hence An assistant to a physician or surgeon in a hospital.
  • To bring forth, as a cub or cubs.
  • Contemptuously, to bring forth young, as a woman.
  • n. A lump; a heap; a confused mass.
  • n. A stall for cattle; a crib.
  • n. A chest; a bin.
  • n. A cupboard.
  • To shut up or confine.
  • n. An abbreviation of cubic.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an awkward and inexperienced youth
  • v. give birth to cubs
  • n. the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion
  • n. a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
  • Verb Form
    cubbed    cubbing    cubs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    novice    tiro    initiate    tyro    beginner    bear    give birth    birth    have    deliver   
    Cross Reference
    to cub it   
    Variant
    cubbed    cubbing   
    Form
    cubbed    cubbing    cub reporter   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cupboard    offspring    whelp   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hub    bub    chubb    club    drub    dub    grub    hub    nub    pub   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pup    kitten    puppy    calve    whelp    panther    foal    hyena    colt    lioness