cubs

Noun

cub (plural cubs)

1. The young of certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger.
   • 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.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 32, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
2. (derogatory, humorous) A child, especially an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy.
   • O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be / When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case?c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
3. (slang) A young man who seeks relationships with older women, or "cougars".
4. (obsolete) A stall for cattle.
   • [...] I would rather have such a good mother in cub or kennel, than in my closet, or at my table.1824, Walter Savage Landor, “Conversation XIII. Peter Leopold and President Du Paty.”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume I, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC...
5. Synonym of cub reporter.
   • Swain has interviewed 67 reporters on 16 metropolitan dailies in 10 cities — from cubs to veterans — who talk candidly […]1978, The Journalism Quarterly, volume 55, page 652

   Synonyms:

   cub reporter

6. (slang) A furry character that is a child (i.e. under the age of adulthood).

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