cub

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cub
    n 1: an awkward and inexperienced youth [syn: {cub},
         {greenhorn}, {rookie}]
    2: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) [syn:
       {cub}, {lad}, {laddie}, {sonny}, {sonny boy}]
    3: the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or
       wolf or lion [syn: {cub}, {young carnivore}]
    v 1: give birth to cubs; "bears cub every year"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cub \Cub\, v. t.
   To shut up or confine. [Obs.] --Burton.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cub \Cub\ (k[u^]b), n. [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.
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   2. Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward,
      rude, ill-mannered boy.
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            O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be
            When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case? --Shak.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cub \Cub\, v. t. & 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.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cub \Cub\, n. [Cf. {Cub} a young animal.]
   1. A stall for cattle. [Obs.]
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            I would rather have such . . . .in cub or kennel
            than in my closet or at my table.     --Landor.
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   2. A cupboard. [Obs.] --Laud.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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