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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
birdling, boy, bub, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, calf, catling, chick, chickling, chicky, colt, dogie, duckling, fawn, fellow, fledgling, foal, fryer, gosling, hobbledehoy, kid, kit, kitten, lad, laddie, lamb, lambkin, litter, manchild, master, muchacho, nest, nestling, piglet, pigling, polliwog, pullet, pup, puppy, schoolboy, shoat, sonny, sonny boy, tadpole, weaner, whelp, yeanling, young man, youth
Dictionary Results for cub:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
cub
    n 1: an awkward and inexperienced youth [syn: cub,
         greenhorn, rookie]
    2: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) [syn:
       cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy]
    3: the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or
       wolf or lion [syn: cub, young carnivore]
    v 1: give birth to cubs; "bears cub every year"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cub \Cub\ (k[u^]b), n. [Cf. Ir. cuib cub, whelp, young dog, Ir.
   & Gael. cu dog; akin to E. hound.]
   1. A young animal, esp. the young of the bear.
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   2. Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward,
      rude, ill-mannered boy.
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            O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be
            When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case? --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cub \Cub\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Cubbed (k[u^]bd); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Cubbing.]
   To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of
   persons. "Cubb'd in a cabin." --Dryden.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cub \Cub\, n. [Cf. Cub a young animal.]
   1. A stall for cattle. [Obs.]
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            I would rather have such . . . .in cub or kennel
            than in my closet or at my table.     --Landor.
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   2. A cupboard. [Obs.] --Laud.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cub \Cub\, v. t.
   To shut up or confine. [Obs.] --Burton.
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