cub
Pronunciation: /kʌb/
The English word “cub” has 11 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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).
- A boy or young man.
- a younger (or younger-looking) "bear" type of man.
verb
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, convex, arch, vault”). Related terms include cup (cf. cupboard), coffin, cove, etc, essentially “chamber”, thus cub maybe initially derived from the sense “den”, or maybe “womb”. A probable cognate is also found in North…
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