Cub

What “Cub” means

Noun

1. The young of certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger.
2. A child, especially an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy.
3. A young man who seeks relationships with older women, or "cougars".
4. A stall for cattle.
5. Synonym of cub reporter.

Verb

1. To give birth to cubs.
2. To hunt fox cubs.
3. To shut up or confine.

Noun

1. Acronym of cashed-up bogan.

Where the word comes from

From earlier cubbe. Origin unknown. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Germanic *kubb-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from *gew- (“to bend, curve, convex, arch, vault”). Related terms include cup (cf. cupboard), coffin, cove, etc, essentially “chamber”, thus cub maybe initially derived from the sense “den”, or maybe “womb”. A probable cognate is also found in North Germanic: dialectal Swedish kubbe, kybbe, köbbe, kibb, Danish kippe (“calf”). Also compare Icelandic and Old Norse kobbi (“seal”), Old Irish cuib (“whelp”). Compare also English cob. Originally, the meaning was specifically "young fox", in which sense it has largely replaced English whelp.

Business name ideas with “Cub”

Industries where “Cub” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Daycare
• Child Day Care Services