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cub

/kʌb/noun, verb1 syllable

Cub means: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy).

Synonyms for cub8

noun, as in a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)

lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy

noun, as in an awkward and inexperienced youth

greenhorn, rookie

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

young carnivore

also used for cub

cub reporter

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What does cub mean?4

noun

1

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

2

an awkward and inexperienced youth

3

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

verb

1

give birth to cubs“bears cub every year”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with cub?11

one syllable

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Cub in a sentence

  • He took her cubs, and ran up the mountain without looking back.unknown
  • A female bear could be very dangerous, especially when her cubs are around.OsoHombre
  • You are doing well for a cub reporter.piksea
  • The tiger cub looked like a large kitten.CK
  • One may only catch the tiger cub by entering the tiger's den.Spamster
  • The bear cub is just learning to walk.OsoHombre
  • I rescued this wolf cub from a bear trap and took care of him.DJ_Saidez
  • Ziri was playing with an albino lion cub.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of cub

as a noun

plural
cubs

as a verb

third-person singular
cubs
present participle
cubbing
past participle
cubbed
past tense
cubbed