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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cub \Cub\ (k[u^]b), noun [Cf. Ir. cuib cub, whelp, young dog, Ir. & Gael. cu dog; akin to E. hound.]
1. A young animal, esp. the young of the bear.
2. Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy.
O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case? --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cub \Cub\, verb (used with an object) & i. [imp. & p. p. {Cubbed} (k[u^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cubbing}.] To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons. ''Cubb'd in a cabin.'' --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cub \Cub\, noun [Cf. {Cub} a young animal.]
1. A stall for cattle. [Obs.]
I would rather have such . . . .in cub or kennel than in my closet or at my table. --Landor.
2. A cupboard. [Obs.] --Laud.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cub \Cub\, verb (used with an object) To shut up or confine. [Obs.] --Burton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cub
noun
1: an awkward and inexperienced youth [syn: {greenhorn}, {rookie}]
2: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) [syn: {lad}, {laddie}, {sonny}, {sonny boy}]
3: the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion [syn: {young carnivore}]
verb: give birth to cubs; "bears cub every year" [also: {cubbing}, {cubbed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "cub": birdling, boy, bub, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, calf, catling, chick, chickling, chicky, colt, dogie, duckling, fawn, fellow, fledgling, foal, fryer, gosling, hobbledehoy, kid, kit, kitten, lad, laddie, lamb, lambkin, litter, manchild, master, muchacho, nest, nestling, piglet, pigling, polliwog, pullet, pup, puppy, schoolboy, shoat, sonny, sonny boy, tadpole, weaner, whelp, yeanling, young man, youth
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