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cubbing

/ˈkʌbɪŋ/

cubbing is the present participle and gerund of cub.

Meaning of cub

Verb

cub (third-person singular simple present cubs, present participle cubbing, simple past and past participle cubbed)

  1. To give birth to cubs.
  2. To hunt fox cubs.
    • He knew that, only a few hours from London, the Hunt was cubbing over his ancestral and much-mortgaged acres, while his own horse ate its head off in a stable.1943, Stuart Palmer, The Puzzle of the Silver Persian
  3. (obsolete) To shut up or confine.
    • to fall from heaven to hell, to be cubbed up upon a sudden1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC

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Noun

cubbing (uncountable)

  1. The activities of Cub Scouts.

Questions about cubbing

What does cubbing mean?
Cubbing means the activities of Cub Scouts.
What is cubbing the present participle and gerund of?
Cubbing is the present participle and gerund of cub.
What part of speech is cubbing?
Cubbing is a noun.
How do you pronounce cubbing?
Cubbing is pronounced /ˈkʌbɪŋ/.

Words near cubbing in the dictionary

  1. Cubba
  2. Cubbage
  3. Cubbages
  4. cubbed
  5. cubbies
  6. cubbing
  7. Cubbington
  8. cubbish
  9. cubbishly
  10. cubbishness
  11. Cubbison

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