cub (n.)

  1. an awkward and inexperienced youth

    [ Syn: greenhorn , rookie ]

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

    [ Syn: lad , laddie , sonny , sonny boy ]

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

    [ Syn: young carnivore ]

    cub (v.)

  1. give birth to cubs; bears cub every year'

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