cub

Etymology 1

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, arch, vault”). Compare Icelandic and Old Norse kobbi (“seal”), Old Irish cuib (“whelp”). Compare also English cob.

noun

1. A young fox.
2. (by extension) The young of certain other animals, including the bear, wolf, lion and tiger.
3. (humorous or derogatory) A child, especially an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy.
4. (slang) A young man who seeks relationships with older women, or "cougars".
   Jason is only 15 and his girlfriend is 23, he's quite a cub.
5. (obsolete) A stall for cattle.
6. 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
   […] from competing publications and the editors of publications that might buy freelance material from cubs. 2018, Randall S. Sumpter, Before Journalism Schools
7. (furry fandom) A furry character who is a child.

verb

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.

Etymology 2

noun

1. Acronym of cashed up bogan.