Chub vs. Cub

Chubnoun

One of various species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family, especially:

Cubnoun

A young fox.

Chubnoun

A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus)

Cubnoun

(by extension) The young of certain other animals, including the bear, wolf, lion and tiger.

Chubnoun

in Europe, its close relatives, notably the fallfish.

Cubnoun

A child, especially an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy.

Chubnoun

(by extension) Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes.

Cubnoun

(slang) A young man who seeks relationships with older women, or "cougars".

Chubnoun

in North America, the black bass.

Cubnoun

(obsolete) A stall for cattle.

Chubnoun

A chubby, plump person.

Cubnoun

(obsolete) A cupboard.

Chubnoun

An overweight or obese gay man.

Cubverb

To give birth to cubs

Chubnoun

(uncountable) Excess body fat.

Cubverb

To hunt fox cubs

Chubnoun

An erection (erect penis).

Cubverb

(obsolete) To shut up or confine.

Chubnoun

A plastic or other flexible package of meat, usually ground meat or luncheon meat.

Cubnoun

A young animal, esp. the young of the bear.

Chubnoun

A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidæ or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc.

Cubnoun

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

‘O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou beWhen time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case?’;

Chubnoun

European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body

Cubnoun

A stall for cattle.

‘I would rather have such . . . .in cub or kennel than in my closet or at my table.’;

Cubnoun

A cupboard.

Cubverb

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

Cubverb

To shut up or confine.

Cubnoun

an awkward and inexperienced youth

Cubnoun

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

Cubnoun

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

Cubverb

give birth to cubs;

‘bears cub every year’;