Cub
Definitions
- The young of certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger.
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Acronym of cashed-up bogan. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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Initialism of cashed-up bogan. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- A member of the Cub Scouts.
- A child, especially an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy.
- A player on the team the "Chicago Cubs".
- 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).
- Clipping of cub porn or cub art.
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A boy or young man. Northern-Ireland, Ulster
- a younger (or younger-looking) "bear" type of man.
Equivalents
Examples
“Jones became a Cub as the result⟳ of a pre-season trade⟳.”
“a Childe of Lacedemon suffered all his belly and gutts to be torne out by a Cubbe or young Foxe, which he had stolne, and kept close⟳ under his garment, rather then he would discover⟳ his theft.”
“O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be / When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case?”
“[...] I would rather have⟳ such a good mother in cub or kennel, than in my closet, or at my table.”
“Swain has interviewed 67 reporters on 16 metropolitan dailies in 10 cities — from cubs to veterans — who talk⟳ candidly […]”
“[…] from competing publications and the editors of publications that might buy⟳ freelance material from cubs.”
“Ew, I didn't know⟳ he also drew cub...”
“A man who reared ten cubs and three cutties.”
“The point⟳ of the example is educational, moral, and the moral qualities of the stories attracted Peter Flanagan who remembered them from childhood and told them to the cutties and cubs when he was, for them, a funny old man.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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